These are the words my seven year old uses on a regular basis. He has recently adopted the habit of saying
"Brilliant", when he thinks something is good. He says he got it from me. I can recall using this phrase on several occasions but with a heavy hand of sarcasm; as in
"That was a brilliant move," when one of the boys, perhaps stuffs his brother into the pillow for so long that the other begins to choke and retch. Sarcasm, unfortunately, is not innate, as is laughter and Spongebob which I suppose could be attributed to the necessity of the latter to the survival of childhood. Which, segues me into the second word of my title that is over used by my 7 year old,
"unfortunately/fortunately." Whether the event or non event as is often the case, requires it, Patrick ends the majority of his sentences with the word, "unfortunately / fortunately." He ventures a guess at the right one and then tags on the other and listens to hear which he thinks sounds better and then says that one again. So a reply from him sounds like this (and I quote),
"Mommy said we had to go to another doctor and this one was in Manhassett, unfortunately... fortunately...(thinking) fortunately. His other quirky habit is asking a question and then asking,
"Is that correct?" I can't help but to think of him in Junior High, asking a girl out, I would imagine he would sound like this, "You and me are friends. Is that correct? I would like to go to the movies with you, unfortunately... fortunately.... fortunately." I know
fortunately this is just a phase that he will f
ortunately grow out of and is just another
brilliant example of his
brilliant mind constantly thinking and over-thinking what he learns and over-applying it. Where do they pick these things up from? :)
These are the words my seven year old uses on a regular basis. He has recently adopted the habit of saying "Brilliant", when he thinks something is good. He says he got it from me. I can recall using this phrase on several occasions but with a heavy hand of sarcasm; as in "That was a brilliant move," when one of the boys, perhaps stuffs his brother into the pillow for so long that the other begins to choke and retch. Sarcasm, unfortunately, is not innate, as is laughter and Spongebob which I suppose could be attributed to the necessity of the latter to the survival of childhood. Which, segues me into the second word of my title that is over used by my 7 year old, "unfortunately/fortunately." Whether the event or non event as is often the case, requires it, Patrick ends the majority of his sentences with the word, "unfortunately / fortunately." He ventures a guess at the right one and then tags on the other and listens to hear which he thinks sounds better and then says that one again. So a reply from him sounds like this (and I quote), "Mommy said we had to go to another doctor and this one was in Manhassett, unfortunately... fortunately...(thinking) fortunately. His other quirky habit is asking a question and then asking, "Is that correct?" I can't help but to think of him in Junior High, asking a girl out, I would imagine he would sound like this, "You and me are friends. Is that correct? I would like to go to the movies with you, unfortunately... fortunately.... fortunately." I know fortunately this is just a phase that he will fortunately grow out of and is just another brilliant example of his brilliant mind constantly thinking and over-thinking what he learns and over-applying it. Where do they pick these things up from? :)
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