Saturday, April 5

Name That Tune

Last night in the car, Adam and I were on the receiving end of a lovely serenade. I've done my best to render the words phonetically, a la Purple Kangaroo:

We-ah pumkin? We-ah pumkin?
Heah I'm am*. Heah I'm am.
Howa day, seh? Ve-wew, I fink.
Wun away. Wun away.


For those of you who aren't quite fluent in Threeyearold:

Where's pumpkin? Where's pumpkin?
Here I'm am*. Here I'm am.
How are day, sir? Very well, I think.
Run away. Run away.


And, just for reference, the real words:

Where is Thumbkin? Where is Thumbkin?
Here I am. Here I am.
How are you today, sir? Very well, I thank you.
Run away. Run away.


*This is actually a pretty recent corruption (or "grammatical improvement" if you want to get all technical about it) of her original rendering "I'm ahuw" (I'm are).

8 comments:

  1. Love it! My favorite Scooterism lately is How-a-loo-lah (hallelujah). And she's almost 5!

    Aren't they fun?

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  2. I understood perfectly, of course, without the translation!

    --Jeanne

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  3. That was easy to translate. I think your child and mine speak the same language!

    I love it! Thank you for making me smile.

    Martie

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  4. That was too cute! It will be so much fun when my little guy is talking... although he is tons of fun now. :D

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  5. How sweet. I love the way they talk at this age.

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  6. Very cute. I can almost hear her little voice.

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  7. How sweet, I love it. My son is three and his favorite candy he got in his Easter basket is "farties" (smarties).

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  8. Too cute! I used to do a storytime for three year olds back when I was working as a librarian. I loved hearing their interpretations of our stories and songs. :)

    Jennifer at Joy of Frugal Living

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