Friday, July 9, 2010

Stories about synonyms

1. Pops

L: Papa
D: What else is daddy called?
L: Dada
D: What else?
L: Dad
D: What else?
L: [thinks hard, then smiles] David!
D: What else?
L: [thinks again] Father's day!

2. Nomenclature

We are driving past our park

L: What it called? ["called" is garbled so we seek clarification]
J: I don't understand, honey.
L: What it called? [still garbled]
J: Sorry, honey, I still don't understand.
L: Name?
J: Oh, what's the park's name? It's Almendinger park

We drove past three other parks and he asked what each one was called.

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