Friday, January 19, 2007

How do you spell "YIKES"?

Ok, so let's be honest. Emma's vocabulary is a bit limited at the moment, with a significant proportion of her words requiring parental interpretation.
Emmaspeak French (English)
Mao Mao (her dog’s name)
Papa Papa
Mama Mama
Caca Caca
Bueul Lait (Milk)
Peepee Peepee
Dodo Dodo (sleep)
Ion Lion
Ion Avion (plane)
Ion Crayon
Ni Diner (eat)
Myum Myum Mao Mange (Mao eats)
Pain Lapin (bunny)
No No
Ma Emma
Ka Kaya
Main Main (hand)
Pied Pied (foot)
Teetee Dents (teeth)
Sthuth Suce (soother)
Shoe Chausseur (shoe)
Bas Bas (sock)
Jus Jus (juice)
Joue Joue (play)
Bebe Bebe (baby)
Yien Chien (dog)
Yan Yan
Bapa Grandpa
Toto Oiseau (bird)
Moo Moo
Buh! Buh! Buck! buck!
Meow Meow
Pot Pot (potty)
Bu Bain (bath)
Nez Nez (nose)
Zyeux Yeux (eyes)
Che Chaise (chair)
Hoo! Hoot!
Plie Plier (fold laundry)
Chaud chaud! Chaud (hot)

Nevertheless, we were stunned tonight to discover that she actually recognizes the words she asks us (over and over) to write for her on her little magnetic board. The words that she correctly identified (and yes, they were written at random by an independent third party - Hugo):






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