This series started when I started noticing that my kiddo's were experts at forcing the evolution of the English language. Where would society be without "Movie-ater" instead of theater . . . or "Jumpoline" instead of trampoline. And who could forget "Heli-hopter" for helicopter.
And yes, I understand that this is a pet project for me. So few people find what other folks kiddo's do as cute as the parent finds them. Not only that, but the picture of the Fiction Rule of Thumb that I show below (that I lifted from XKCD.com) proves that there is very little success in using any of these in my writing. But yesterday I commented about my new friend Andy Goldman's post about indoctrinating his kiddos into the Star Wars world (see here), and it made me start thinking about my own kiddos.
Today I have two. First I have one from our little foster kiddo, A. The first time he was with us he couldn't speak. Now, he's a speaking fool! He's constantly saying things. He said something the other day that made me wonder how many pearls of word wizardry were in his little head that whole time he was quiet.
Dick: "You guys want to watch a movie?"
P and C: "YEAH!" (with A echoing his brother's sentiment just moment after)
Dick: "Which one?"
P and C: "Despicable Me Two!"
A: "YEAH! Pickle Me Too!"
The other one came from P who is almost nine. He was explaining to me his state testing and the types of questions he had to answer as a part of the test.
Dick: "So all you had to do was add numbers?"
P: "Yeah, it was simple."
Dick: "Seems too easy for a Math Wizard like you."
P: "Well we did have to multiplicate as well."
Who needs "multiply" and "multiplication" when you can use a word like "Multiplicate!" You heard it here first folks. Soon you'll hear it everywhere.
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