Advanced Grantinese
I have a Grantinese term here, and I dare you to guess it's meaning. The word is "Dine-ut-sower". And while you can guess that it is really "dinosaur" if you say it out loud, that is not what it means. Are you ready for the answer?
"Dine-ut-sower" is Grantinese for elevator. Strange, huh? Let me explain how this word evolved. Everyday on the way to Grayson's class we pass an elevator in the hallway. Grant always runs to it and pushes the button, even though we don't ride it. One day he asked, "What dat is makin' dat ding?" (It makes a dinging noise when he pushes the button). I told him it was an elevator, and he was like, "Oh! Addabater."
So when we went to pick Grayson up that afternoon, Grant ran over and pushed the button as usual. Then he said, "Dat Addagator goes ding!" So, addabater became addagator. I corrected him, but he didn't hear the difference in what we were saying. For the next adaptation of the word, you need to know that Grant gets his large reptiles confused. Dinosaurs, alligators, and dragons are all the same to him. So the next morning, instead of pushing the button on the "addagator" he wanted to know if we could ride that "dine-ut-sower." So goes the evolution of the dine-ut-sower.
That is a pretty logical way say elevator, if you´re Grant. :D Very cute! I love listening to toddlers talk.
Posted by:Expat Mom | February 07, 2008 at 06:20 PM
If y'all find yourselves short of money, Oxford University Press is always looking for etymologists ;)
Posted by:Chris in Oxford | February 08, 2008 at 07:36 AM
Okay, I would have never guessed elevator! LOL!
Posted by:kailani | February 08, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Amazed at your ability to keep up with it all; a hubby, two boys, life, painting, cooking, blogging. I've kind of been in a "funk" myself lately and I'm glad to know I'm not the only one. It seems my ability to think is gone. Oh well, maybe it's the weather. Keep up the great work and paintings!!
Posted by:Debbie | February 09, 2008 at 02:49 PM
That is so cute!
Posted by:Mama Zen | February 10, 2008 at 02:57 PM
I love Grantinese. I'll bet the word isn't completely through morphing yet, either!
Posted by:foolery | February 11, 2008 at 05:48 PM
Seems perfectly logical to me ! :-D
Posted by:arizaphale | February 12, 2008 at 04:59 AM