My oldest son was about 7 when he started to argue with me: "Would you like a root beer?" "Sure, but you're saying it wrong. It's roop beer." "What? No, it's not. ROOT, with a T." "Really? No, you're joking me!" This went back and forth for quite a while before I showed him the spelling on the bottle. He was astounded. He really, truly thought the beverage was called "roop beer."
He also used to say "opagus" for octopus, and "absoloopy" for absolutely.
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mamagotcha) wrote2008-04-07 11:05 am
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My oldest son was about 7 when he started to argue with me:
"Would you like a root beer?"
"Sure, but you're saying it wrong. It's roop beer."
"What? No, it's not. ROOT, with a T."
"Really? No, you're joking me!"
This went back and forth for quite a while before I showed him the spelling on the bottle. He was astounded. He really, truly thought the beverage was called "roop beer."
He also used to say "opagus" for octopus, and "absoloopy" for absolutely.