Child Linguist Prints

"Our 7-year-old daughter just called me a 'philistine.' I find myself both insulted and proud."

"Oh, Mrs. Horris, he just said his first words..!"

"I'm eating baklava through my balaclava!"

'Iguana know what time it is.'

"I'm still pre-literate."

'Come on Jill, they say the water's well good.'

"...L...uh, M...uh Q...how come there are so many darn letters in the alphabet anyway?"

"I do like you, Peter, but interfacing is a very serious step."

'All I wanted to know is if that word was naughty.'

Actually, Mama was her third word. Buy Now were her first two.

'It says here you can talk trash in five languages.'

'Yes, sure, certainly, you bet, of course, yeah, right, yep....'

"I can never remember, does 'barge' have one snake-head jackal, or two?"

"I think I've eaten something that hasn't agreed with me."

Heart To Heart

Artichoking victim

"He just talked me into giving him a 200% raise in his allowance. At least we don't have to worry about him not succeeding in business when he grows up."

'He's so clever he's learning a second language!'

Kid to other: 'It's been a crazy day. I caught a bug and tossed my cookies.'

"I've lived among them my entire life, and I can tell you, 'fetch,' 'roll over,' 'sit,' 'stay,' and 'bad dog,' is the extent of their vocabulary."

'Now with 30% less crap you can't even pronounce!'

'What really bugs me, is that we could be a cute couple, if it weren't for you.'

"'Holy cow... She can't spell for #!@*. Is that a 'T' or an 'L'? This entire letter is a grammatical nightmare!"

It's a shared responsibility... you're not right and I'm not wrong.

"Yes, I said that a man should be able to show his emotions but..."

'Let me go over your symptoms again; you have a 'gugu' and you're feeling a little 'bugaga'.'

'He can ask 'what's for dinner' in 10 different languages.'

"Yo, baby, what's wrong? I thought you said you wanted to check out my crib?!"

"He just said his first cheap, throw-away comment"

'Okay, and now in English!'