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In context, they make perfect sense.

Published on Friday, March 13, 2009 in Claire, Claire-isms and Language. 4 Comments Tags: , .

It’s been a while since I’ve shared some Claire-isms!  What is a Claire-ism?  It’s a word or phrase that Claire has altered with her own twist.  It won’t be long before these will morph into the correct words, so I’d better record them while I can!  (You can check out some Claire-isms from the past by clicking here.)

“Block-amole”

One of Claire’s favorite foods is guacamole.  She will eat an entire bowl of it if you’re not paying attention.  What’s really funny is that she always pronounces it “block-amole.”  She usually has no problems pronouncing other Spanish words, but this one gets the best of her.  And, we love it!  (In fact, we have a hard time not asking for block-amole, too!)

Kitty Woman

Daddy and Claire sometimes play video games downstairs in the entertainment room.  One of the ones they like to play has Lego-versions of the Batman characters in it.  And, who is Claire’s favorite character?  You guessed it.  Kitty Woman.  I love it!  I can’t even get myself to correct her.

Doubled Eggs

I mentioned this one in the Claire vs. Chair post, but I think it deserves an entry of its own.  We eat a lot of eggs around here, and one of my favorite appetizers to make are Deviled Eggs.  Deviled?  I’ve never really understood why they’re called that.  In all honesty, I think “doubled eggs” actually makes more sense as a description!

A Tennis Whack

And, speaking of definitions that make sense…we come to the game of tennis.  How do you play tennis?  You play with a tennis ball and a tennis whack.  You whack the tennis ball with a tennis whack.  Obviously.  ;)

In other news, posting will be light this weekend!  Have a great one, and we’ll see you on Monday!

Claire-isms

Published on Sunday, November 16, 2008 in Claire, Claire-isms, Language and NaBloPoMo 2008. 3 Comments Tags: , , .

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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Maddy Gascar & The Giraffe Who Doesn’t Listen Very Well

Published on Friday, November 14, 2008 in Claire, Conversations, Fun, Movies and NaBloPoMo 2008. 7 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Last week, Claire and I went to a prescreening of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. We loved it!  Because we’d never seen the first one, and because we liked the second one so much, I put Madagascar (the first one) in the Netflix Queue.

Well, one of our friends loaned us a copy in the meantime!

So, earlier this week, after Daddy got home from work, and after we’d had our dinner, all three of us settled in downstairs to check it out.  We loved it!  All three of us laughed ‘til our sides hurt!  This is actually one of our favorite kid movies so far.

We had just as much fun watching the first one as we did the second, only it wasn’t on the big screen.

The funniest thing about the evening was Claire looking for the character named Maddy.  You know, Maddy Gascar.  She didn’t realize it was a place, and not a creature.

“Which one is Maddy, Momma?  Can we watch Maddy again, Momma?  Can we watch Maddy Gascar again?”

:)

As I mentioned before, along with the tickets to the prescreening, we got a lot of schwag.  One of those items was a free Happy Meal™.  Well, I gave in and we went through the drive-thru the other day.  And, who should appear in our Madagascar Happy Meal™ but Melman, the Giraffe!

Once you click him on, if you jostle him, he repeats three phrases, all in the voice of Ross.  I’m sorry, Ross…you’ll always be Ross to me.  ;)

“What are we gonna do!?”
“Ow!  Ow!  Ow!”
“You guys REALLY need a doctor!”

Those are the three phrases that I’ve been hearing on repeat ever since.

Granted, it’s really funny to put Melman in situations where he will answer with an appropriate phrase.  (We accidentally knocked him off the table right before he screamed, “Ow!  Ow!  Ow!”)  But, as with any repetitive toy, my brain is about ready to explode.

And, I think he’s starting to annoy Claire as well, but for different reasons.

Last night, she started arguing with Melman.

“You guys REALLY need a doctor!” says Melman.

“I’ve TOLD YOU, Melman.  WE DON’T HAVE A DOCTOR HERE FOR GIRAFFES,” says Claire.

“What are we gonna do!?” says Melman.

“Well, you said you wanted to be the doctor!  Remember?” says Claire.  Clearly, Melman doesn’t remember what happened in the second movie, or he wouldn’t have asked.

“Don’t you remember, Melman?”  she asks again.  Melman is silent and refuses to answer.  And, that’s when she becomes a little rough with the poor giraffe.

“Ow!  Ow!  Ow!” says Melman.  “You guys REALLY need a doctor!”

“I ALREADY TOLD YOU!” she yells at poor Melman.  “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!  Momma!  Melman won’t listen!  He can’t listen very well.  He keeps tellin’ me we needs a doctor!  AND I ALREADY TOLD HIM.”

*sigh*
Poor Claire.
Poor Melman.
I’m not sure their relationship can withstand these communication issues.  ;)

I’ve tried and tried to explain to Claire that this Melman is a toy.  He can only say three things.  And, he can’t hear her.  And, he won’t remember the answers that she tells him.

But, she’s just not getting it.  She continues to have conversations with a giraffe that doesn’t listen very well.  I can only remind her so many times to be gentle with the poor giraffe…and, if Melman isn’t careful, he’s the one who’s gonna need a doctor.  ;)

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