Learning New Words Mugs

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

"And the last little piggy cried, 'Oui, oui, oui' all the way home."

'Peter the Flying Hippo is my favorite storybook character without any merchandising tie-ins.'

Unable to raise enough money for a trip to Paris, the Bartlesville High French Club had to settle for three days in Tulsa.

Pirate boy reciting the alphabet

"You say it all the time, so I climbed every tree to prove it. You were right, money doesn't grow on trees."

He kept up his guitar practise...

'Do you think he's ready for the big round-up?'

"You and your, 'why bother to learn another language. Everyone in the known universe speaks, Zarconian'!"

'Mr. Dawson, about when I said 'don't pull any punches'...'

Restaurant Francais: All you can pronounce £30.

Kid with messed up project in Wood Shop, titled: 'Wouldn't Shop'

"You've got to learn about verbs. How else are you going to verbalize your feelings?

'Roget it's fantastic, superb, extraordinary...where on earth did you get the idea?'

Man packing suitcase with French vocabulary

'What amazes me most is that years ago I couldn't even spell teacher - now I are one!'

"We've decided that it will be better for his later development if we speak to him only in legalese."

"He doesn't really talk yet, but he does some sound bites."

"I try to write a little bit every day."

Wishing Well, Wishing Good.

"Is this the first time you've been fishing?"

"How do you say ‘Where is the bathroom’ in Sanskrit?"

"We’ve nailed guitar-solo-face. Time to try playing instruments."

'Who teaches apostrophe usage?'

"That was totally....what's the word I'm looking for?"

'Stick them up...'

'Your stab at ordering the wine in French went well.'

Biggles has a more staid adventure.

'Now that we've learned to talk, maybe we should establish some speech codes.'

"Letters would be all right if they'd just let us leave them in alphabetical order."

"My master's vowel hyperarticulation is wearing a bit thin..."

'Now, what's Italian for pizza?'

'This is the fun part...waiting to find out just what we've ordered.

We're going on a first date. So many words are misused every day. Literally! I don't accept the use of imperfect language. Me either. Trying to fight it has no effect. It's all a mute point. Irregardless, I could care less. I had nothing farther to say.

KAWAII T'AI CHI