Saturday, August 16, 2014

Charlie's Words

Today, I'm going to try to keep a running list of all the words that I hear Charlie say, and what they mean.
The ones with the star are words he learned today; he's at the point now where he will repeat a lot of what we say, so his vocabulary is growing really quickly.

"ah bee-bee" = one of the things he calls himself
apple = used to refer to all round-ish fruits
"back-back" = backpack
"bah guy" = anyone who looks "bad" to him or who fights good guys, usually said kind of growl-y
"bah-bah" or "bah-boo" or just "bah" = bottle
*"bayn-bow" = rainbow
ball
"bay-nkie" = blanket
"bay-ps" = grapes
"beh-gs" = eggs
"bi-pahd" = iPad
"bi-per" = diaper
"bi-psh" = wipes
bite
"boe-ch" or "woe-ch" = roach, 'cause we have had a lot of them here...
"Boh" = Annabelle
"boke" = broken
book
"boop" = poop
"doe-sh" = toes
bug
*"bum" = plum
*"bunchies" = Honey Bunches of Oats, he learned this from Annabelle
"Dah" or Daddy = Mitchell
"daht dog" = hot dog
"day doo" = thank you
*"dee-yahs" = tortillas
"dhoys" = toys
"dosh" = trash
hey
Mama or Mommy
"Maht-mahn" = Joseph, Batman, himself, or all other "good guys"/superheroes, depending on context
money
"nah" = banana, which is his favorite food
"nigh-night"
oh
on
ugh = usually growled in frustration
"unh-unh" = usually the only way he says "no", although he will say it occasionally
uh-oh
"yite" or "wite" = light


In addition to his words, he growls and grunts a lot, but it's all on purpose because he's being a monster or a bad guy or something like that. He can make several different animal sounds. He also has a few different "stage" laughs, depending on how silly he wants to be or what's going on. And he has a full range of sound effects, from guns to lightsabers. He can also sing "Twinkle, Twinkle," the "Imperial March," and the Tim Burton "Batman Theme" well enough that they are recognizable.

As I've been compiling this list all day, I'm kind of amazed by the number of words he knows; this is a list of mostly what he said today, so there are many more words that he has in his vocabulary. I'm just so amazed by how intelligent and "mature" this little guy can be!


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