I think it’s time for another installment of Claire-isms!
So, what’s a Claire-ism? A Claire-ism is a word or phrase that is invented by Claire and used repeatedly in our house, until the “right way” to say it wins out, and she moves on to another funny word or phrase. Sometimes it’s just the way she pronounces a word. Sometimes, it’s a completely new way to describe something. Be sure to check out the Claire-isms Category for past examples.
So, let’s get started!
“Pee-an-nee-no”
This would be the way Claire pronounces the word “piano.” (As in, “Hey, guys! I’m going to play my pee-an-nee-no and sing!”) I thought this pronunciation was a little odd and rather unique until one of my friends heard her say it. She got the funniest look on her face and gasped, saying, “My daughter used to say it the same way when she was Claire’s age! I’d totally forgotten that!”
Fuh-lection
“Momma! I can see my fuh-lection in the stove!” or “Look! My fuh-lection is waving to me in the window!” Reflection, Fuh-lection, same thing. Just like some Claire-isms from the past, Claire can say each syllable separately but not the whole word together. Ree…..fleck…..shun. Fuh-lection!
Thinger-Dinger
This one is an adaptation of something I already say. If don’t know the right terminology for a word, I call something a thingy-dingy. Claire’s version of that? Thinger-dinger. There is just something about the way she says it that makes me giggle every time!
Ones
This one is a little harder to explain. Claire adds the word ones to the phrase when she’s talking about more than one item. In a way, she uses it to mean “of them.” For example, if you ask her how many sparkly headbands she has, she’d say, “I have three ones.” Or, if you ask her how many Baby Ariel™ dollies she has, she’d say, “I have two ones. This one is a mermaid, and this one is a human.”
This is one of those Claire-isms that is really understandable (especially when you break the items down into this one and that one), and it’s hard to not use it ourselves!
So, how many Claire-isms did I write about today? Four ones, of course. 
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I hope you’re keeping a list of these things and the age she was when she said them. I kept track of my daughter’s words as she went along and she loves reading them now.
I am, and the blog is definitely helping with that!
I lived in the Virgin Islands for 5 years, and they have a regionalism in which the plural of a word (say, tourist) is expressed by adding “-dem” (or, them) to the end of a singular word (resulting in “tourist-dem”). Very similar to Claire’s “ones.” Perhaps she’s from the islands and never mentioned it?