Listicles: My Favourite Words

This week is a good one:

@NorthWestMommy do you have a list of words that make you smile? Maybe it's the way they sound or the meaning - perhaps a #mondaylisticles?
— KerryRivera (@breadwinningmom) June 24, 2013

When I saw this week's Listicles topic, I had an idea right away. I love language & after years of studying linguistics & watching Sprout acquire language, my favourite words are ones he uses, of course! When I thought of the words for the list, they all ended up being words that he doesn't pronounce properly. Which, I suppose makes them cuter.

"Look at all the sheepsiz!" at Maplewood Farm

Here are my top ten, written somewhat phonetically:

1. owligator (elevator)
2. window-door (sliding glass door--he made up his own word recently when visiting Oma & Opa. I guess he'd never heard the proper term before, as we don't have one at home.)
3. kimmih (from c'mere, meaning 'I want you to pick me up', an old baby word that he continues to use, particularly when a bit upset.)
4. bug feet (pins & needles sensation in the feet--love this one!)
5. dwar (door)
6. yogoot (yoghurt)
7. bur (bear--when he says it, the word sounds like 'beurre')
8. sheepsiz (sheep, plural--part of a recent trend of double-pluralizing things)
9. pick-up-dump-twuck (pickup truck, I have no idea how this became combined with dump truck into one word. He knows they're different things)
10. mama (no translation needed, I just love hearing him call me this)

What are your favourite words? Why do you like them?

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