As those of you with toddlers know, watching language develop is an awesome thing. It can also be frustrating at times causing you to yell “I have no idea what ‘I Yes You’ means?!?!?”. And before you correct me, it absolutely does not mean I Bless You or God Bless You, as my toddler will emphatically inform you.
So, that’s said, please decipher these words that Alex uses frequently. While they are often well enunciated, this is how the sound when he’s tired or excited or mumbling or…you know, being a toddler.
I know what all of them mean but I’d love to see your interpretations.
Be careful: there’s actually a phrase or two in there.
1. Puntin
2. Wubv
3. Wossat
4. Hep
5. Hoppa
6. Scuzme
7. Bella
8. Oh no!
9. tetch
10. dorey
11. Hmmmm. missinsumpeen
Want answers? Find them here.
If you don’t get at least one right, I get to mock you.
If you get them all correct, you get a gold star.
There are no other prizes. Frankly, this is just me amusing myself.
Okay, haven't looked at the answers, so here's my guess:
1. pumpkin
2. love
3. “what's that?”
4. help
5. grasshopper
6. “excuse me”
7. ??
8.??
9. touch
10. story
11. “hmm…missing something.”
Off to see how I did!
I'm gonna echo TKW!!
1. Pumpkin
2. Love
3. What's that
4. Help
5. Grasshopper
6. Excuse me
7. Belly
8. Oh no (although I think this actually means something else)
9. Catch
10. Story
11. Hmm. Missing something
Side note- my son is 6 and still says things that make me go WTF?!
7. – I'm just impressed he can say his L's. We've been working with that on Landon for months now.
Because when he says his name, its “NayNay”. Sounds like a stripper.
i am the only person who has always been able to translate at least 75% of my own toddler's babble, (mostly due to context) but other people's kids have always been a mystery to me.
There's nothing worse than saying, “use your words, honey” only to get something sounding like,
“hemmmmrrrrfffffrrrrb”
What the what?
Classic! Love it!
1. ??
2. Love
3. Wombat
4. Help
5. Hop
6. Excuse Me
7. Bella as in Beauty and the Beast
8. Oh No!
9. Teach
10. Dora from Dora the Explorer (J says this one, too)
11. Hmmmm…Missing something
I got 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 11! GO ME!!!
I love the missing something. Too freakin' cute. I can't wait to hear his first word when he sees the baby!
Mine wouldn't talk to me for days. Ugh.
I cheated and looked at the answers right away.
~
One of Allison's first phrases was “a da ta” and while I know what she wants when she says it, I STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT MEANS!!!
1. Puntin – Pumpkin or punting like in Football
2. Wubv – Love
3. Wossat – What's that?
4. Hep – Help
5. Hoppa – Papa?
6. Scuzme – Excuse me
7. Bella – You're raising a Twilight fan?
8. Oh no! – No.
9. tetch – fetch
10. dorey – dorky
I did terribly.
BUT. I think watching kids learn how to talk is one of the most fascinating things EVER. I just got mama all weekend long and it made my heart just about burst.
1. Pumpkin
2. Bubby
3. Who’s that?
4. Help
5. Poppa
6. Excuse me
7. Belly
8. Oh no!
9. Touch
10. Sorry
11. Hmm…I’m missing something
Now for me…can you tell me what, “Booja” means? Because I can’t for the life of me figure it out!
1. Pumpkin
2. Love
3. What's that?
4. Help
5.
6. Excuse me
7.
8. I just threw my food on the floor? (That's what it means here)
9. catch
10. story
11. Hmmm…missing something. (The girls say this when building block towers…”Hmmmm…sompting's missing!”)
I've got to say this is so adorable…and if I weren't at work and can't figure out how to do it on my ancient computer, I would totally answer them all!
Number one has to be pumpkin.
1. Pumpkin
2. Love
3.what's that?
4. Help
5.
6. Excuse me
7.
8. Sorry, mom, but I just made a big mess that you'll now have to clean up.
9. catch
10. story
1l. Hmmm…missing something…
I actually miss my kids being toddlers and their toddler talk. Sometimes.
That is just too cute. I can't wait until Donut starts talking!
So awesome! I can almost SEE him saying all these things. I am the oldest of six children, so I got to watch all those siblings learn to say stuff. I was “WaaWaa” (Laura) for years!
Seriously…. I can't figure out what my toddler is saying half the time. I just nod & smile. And that is what I'm doing now.
Do I win?
Since I've communicated with him IRL, I have an unfair advantage.
My nearly two-year old son says two words regularly. “Nertz” and “nudz”.
Nertz is a term used in excitement, but we have no idea what it means.
Nudz, as best I can tell, is a general, all-purpose word that is used whenever he's not excited. What's great is when he drops something and then utters “nudz,” because it's like he's saying “awww, nuts,” which would, at least, be funny.
Poor you:
I had my guys so close together in age they'd translate for each other, I loved it.
“Oh, he means he wants to watch Caillou and not Little Bear.”
Okay, I cheated and went right to the answer sheet. And really, why do we ever need more vocabulary words than A. has right now?
oh how I loved this and since I peeked..I saw the answers for a lot
but Gio and Jacob do this and tell “this is what he said, mommy!” when I am looking at both of them like they are not speaking any kind of language.
WUBV. My absolute favorite.
This is SO funny to me because I just wrote a guest post about this SAME EXACT thing!!! HA HA HA!
And that last one has be totally stumped so I guess I have to go peek…
I am laughing at this and the fact that other toddlers seem to totally get this speak. I should ask Violet, but she would say the same words!
I'm fairly certain your little man is a fan of the punter on Game Day, is looking for hemp, and uses the Boston vernacular “hopper” for some beer brewing.
Either that or he's saying Love You, What's That, and Help, but that's seems odd to me.
Oh, I got this:
1. Pumpkin
2. Love
3. What's that?
4. Help
5. Grasshopper
6. Excuse me
7. (OK, this one's stumping me.)
8. Oh shit, I've accidentally on purpose dropped something and need you to pick it up so that I can accidentally on purpose dop it again!
9. Either 'touch' or 'catch'
10. Story
11. Hmmm, something's missing.
I speak toddler, too. In fact, I was going to write a similar post but you beat me to it. Damn you.
You people are nuts! Obviously it's:
1) Poo in a tin
2)Onomatopoeia for dog sounds
3)Excited for the SAT's
4)Well that's Help, no way around it
5)Fan of Dennis Hopper
6)That's because of me “'s cuz a me”
7)Halloween spirit, impersonating Dracula
8)Someone crapped themselves
9)Demanding to be taught something “tetch me, I need to know arithmetic, tetch me!”
10)Nickname for Dora the the Explorer
11)Chorus of a John Mayer song
So obvious. I know I'm late on these, but I just found your blog. Do I win a prize?