My daughter is learning to talk. It’s a pretty fabulous thing to realize how much she already understands and to hear her attempts to repeat our terms and phrases. I seem to be the only one who can interpret a lot of these sounds but as each day passes, there are more and more words that are clearly more than toddler gibberish. Earlier this week she pointed and said “tuck” as the Sainsbury’s delivery man drove past.
I grinned, “You’re right. ‘Truck.’” I paused and added “or Lorry” and
winced. That did not sound right in an American accent.
I tried this out on my husband and his cousin. Yep, they agreed, (I believe the words were
“yes, you do sound like an idiot”). We
all agreed. I cannot be the one to teach her “lorry” or any other English
phrases if I want her to actually pronounce them correctly. She does live here though so we’ve got some
work to do, as she is also pretty good at putting things in the trash and knowing what a washcloth is for.
