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Saturday, November 24, 2007

Er...Uh...How To Confuse An Eight Year Old

My daughter was reading a book and asked, "Mom, what does the word er mean? This character says it all the time."

I replied, "Well, it's not really a word, but it's used as a pause in conversation. Like, uh."

"Oh. So should I replace all the er's with uh's?"

"No, they mean the same thing."

"But, you said that er isn't a word?"

"Neither is uh."

Nothing like trying to explain the idiosyncrasies of the English language to your daughter, only to have her look at you like you're speaking Greek.

Labels: Kids, Shameless Statements

# posted by Momo Fali : 9:38 AM

Comments:

No doubt!! What book was she reading? My 8 year old daughter is currently reading Pippi Longstocking and loving it.

# posted by

Anonymous : November 24, 2007 at 11:34 AM

you two have 8 year olds? *i* have an 8 year old! let's put them all together and have them fight it out to the death. or maybe they can just read together. that would work too, as that's all mine really likes to do. but mine's addicted to the kitten series and the fairy series. she wants nancy drew for christmas.

# posted by

holly : November 24, 2007 at 6:02 PM

that had nothing to do with your post. i meant to say something really relevant, but i can't now remember what that was. i'll try harder in future...

# posted by

holly : November 24, 2007 at 6:03 PM

I loved Pippi Longstockings! (Sorry I have nothing to add to this conversation).

# posted by

Anonymous : November 24, 2007 at 9:50 PM

uhhhhhh what????? I don't get it.

:P

# posted by

Corey~living and loving : November 25, 2007 at 12:59 AM

LOL. It's great she's reading. I remember reading 'The Secret Garden' and 'Narnia' at that age. Those were my favorites for years to come.

# posted by

Genevieve Hinson : November 25, 2007 at 11:06 AM

Ok sad thing is this post made me think of my coworkers! I work with alot of indian men and they use the word "Actually" as the filler instead of saying um or like etc. It's kinda funny. In one meeting, one of the guys gave a presentation and in about five minutes he said actually 35 times. Could you tell I was bored with the topic. :)

# posted by

MommySpeak : November 25, 2007 at 3:19 PM

That confused me, too!

# posted by

Maude Lynn : November 25, 2007 at 10:07 PM

hee hee. Your readers are silly.

# posted by

terancedubya : November 26, 2007 at 10:16 AM

In Bossy's world, 'Er' is not only a word, it's an entire Post.

# posted by

BOSSY : November 26, 2007 at 1:08 PM

hahaha err I mean uh, funny

# posted by

DarkWing : November 26, 2007 at 5:12 PM

um. er. huh?

# posted by

Anonymous : November 26, 2007 at 9:16 PM

Oh the joys of explaining to your child why they must adhere to all grammar rules when writing, but someone who writes a book may take liberties with the English language. My son stopped reading a book bc they said "ain't" one too many times and it "irritated" him!

# posted by

ummmhello : November 27, 2007 at 4:29 PM

Huh? Wait, that isn't a word either.

# posted by

Joeprah : November 27, 2007 at 8:01 PM

Ha! Nothing like a kid's questions to make us realize how little sense we adults really make.

# posted by

Anonymous : November 28, 2007 at 12:32 AM

Er...uh...I have nothing to, um, say. But...uh...never mind. :)

# posted by

Anonymous : December 2, 2007 at 8:25 PM

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