Speech Development Pillows

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

First Word

'He said his first buzz word today!'

'He spoke his first words today Serge - 'ello. . . ello. . . ello'!'

"He's not talking yet, but sometimes we give him peanut butter to make it look like he is."

"No sweetie, it’s a beurk not a book."

"Just a brief moment, Linda, to thank you for my delicious meals. And if you need me by your side... just whistle." "What fresh hell is this?"

Changing Minds

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

"He just said his first word!"

"It is now that moment when a close family member tries to speak of the deceased without choking up."

"I thought your show-and-tell was really brave."

"Wa-wa. . . wa-wa. . . wa-wa. . ."

"His first word was 'Dotcom'."

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Time for speeches

"I've recorded every noise my baby makes, so that when he's older I can play it back and he can tell me what he was trying to say. . .!"

"Now the board will hear from Todd from Accounting with his free verse composition 'My Mistress, Brash and Beguiling – the Third Quarter Numbers.'"

William Pitt the Elder

"I'd like me first word to be profound, but I'll probably panic and blurt out 'Mama' like every other baby."

"He sounds authentic. That gets my vote."

'She said her first 'I hate you' today.'

Baby Crossword Puzzle.

'Just my luck, a talking dog with a stutter.'

The Prostate Monologues

'Well, he certainly has his Father's vocabulary.'

"Don't repeat this."

''Big Society'...paradigm shift blah! Blah! Community spirit, neighbourhood cohesion, blah! Blah! Social inputs, perceptual platforms blah! Blah!'

'I want to thank my biological and surrogate Mother, my two Dads.. .'

Interpreter for the hard-to-believe-what-they're-hearing.

Man picking up an H for a lady who drops her Hs

Never being able to think of the right thing to say at the right time phobia.

'He's said his first words...' 'Replacement bus service.'

"He's at grade level for everything except cursing. He's swearing at a 9th grade level."