Bit-isms

Most of Bitty Bit's little language flubs I think are adorable and I don't actually try to correct. I am not talking about mispronunciations, but expressions or words that just aren't quite right.

Things like "doctor appointing" instead of "doctor appointment".
Or, "hold you" instead of "hold me" when she wants to be held.

There are so many that are precious, and won't last forever and so I enjoy them and treasure them.

Others are, while funny, I don't really encourage. Instead of "button", Adeline says "butt". So she will often tell me she "pushed the butt". Definitely funny, but maybe not something I should encourage.


Lil Bit's vocabulary is funny in an entirely different way. She often uses words or phrases that are either for someone much older, or just from another time period (maybe I should start reading modern authors more often than the classics). Right now my sweet girl has strep throat. Last night she looked up at me with big pitiful blue eyes and said,

"Sickness is a very bitter pill to swallow, is it not?"

What I was thinking was, "Hey, kid. You're six. And it it's 2009, not 1880" while trying not to start laughing at her over-seriousness.

What I did was give her a big hug and a kiss on her head and said, "Sometimes it is."