Most of the time, I think it is fantastic that my children have such good enunciation, but occasionally it has the habit of biting me in the arse!
I was in the garden with my eight year old, when she pointed out a little spider with a tiny body and long legs, saying it was across between an ant and a daddy-longlegs: "It's an anty-longlegs!"
"Oh", says I, "So it's Daddy-longlegs' sister"
I was in the garden with my eight year old, when she pointed out a little spider with a tiny body and long legs, saying it was across between an ant and a daddy-longlegs: "It's an anty-longlegs!"
"Oh", says I, "So it's Daddy-longlegs' sister"
"Not really, mum, that would be Aunty not anty!"
There is a look which accompanies the statement ~ It's a look that just says "Really, stop trying" ~ I see it often.
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