The Mederos » linguistics http://medero.net by Julie Medero and Shawn Medero. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:20:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 More Martin phrase fun http://medero.net/2009/01/more-martin-phrase-fun/ http://medero.net/2009/01/more-martin-phrase-fun/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:45:15 +0000 Shawn Medero http://medero.net/?p=65 Martin’s latest word fun fest involves his desired location in relation to a specific person.

A new favorite of ours is:

Pick me down

A variation of “pick me up” of course. Awesome.

Also interesting is his use of:

sit on my lap

What he really means is, “Let me sit on your lap”.

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Sometimes it doesn’t work.

I want not go outside

moments later…

I not want go outside

Besides testing his world with language, Martin has many phrases (often used in a socially unacceptable ways) that tend to get a chuckle.

We’ll often be on a busy bus headed home from a long day when Martin will point at someone and say:

I want that guy get off bus.

He enjoys when people get off the bus because the door opens and the floor/ceiling lights come on. Still, these moments make you blush. Last week he at least asked someone to sit next to us.

Along the “that guy” lines, there are a number of inquisitive phrases he uses with either males or females. The pattern is usually: (WH-word) "that guy" (verb)?

What that guy do/doing?
Where that guy go/going?

Martin also has a pretty direct approach to asking for stuff:

Hey mommy/daddy read this!
Hey mommy/daddy eat this!
Hey mommy/daddy play trains in my room!

It is a fun time to be a parent.

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