We’ve talked before about kids’ funny misunderstandings of words. Martha shares another story from a Dallas, Texas, listener. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Kids Misunderstand Things and Make Us Laugh”
We’ve talked before on the show about when kids reach for words that are a little bit beyond them.
A little bit too sophisticated for them. And we heard from Jeff Downing in Dallas. He says when I was little and being introduced to people like friends of my parents or people we would meet on the street, instead of asking something like, who are you or how are you, I would say, who do you think you are?
And they would look at me perplexed like I was trying to be confrontational.
I just didn’t understand exactly how to phrase the question.
Can you imagine this little kid being introduced to you and saying, who do you think you are? And actually meaning it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Thinking they were saying exactly the right thing.
It is up on Twitter @wayword.
Thank you.
