Bloomin' English

Latest entries in twin vocab:

• “The candle on the cake isn’t eatful” (edible)

• Angry, Sam shouts: “I’m crossed!” (For you youngins, ‘cross’ is an old expression for “angry.” Sam picked it up watching Thomas the Train.)
  

• Hodscops (hopscotch)

• Fiddlesticks (fish sticks)

• “Mmm, chicken with fruit rollups, yummy.” – Sam, identifying baked chicken with sundried tomatoes. (I do not correct him and he eats his dinner without incident.)

• “I need to get my dressed on.” (clothes)

• “It’s 65:17 o’clock.” – a recent attempt to tell time.

• Corvette (vet, veterinarian) “The corvette said August can’t eat any people food.”

And an oldie but goodie that came up again this month:

• “Lute” (Small, felt circles that protect the backs of cabinets)

Why “lutes?” no earthly idea. This is one of the boys' few examples of 'twin language' - it's also one of their earliest words. The other day, I opened a kitchen cabinet, one exclaimed “The lute is gone!”