"Switch-uated" and Other Still-Two-But-Almost-Three-Year-Old Words

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Once people notice how bold and enthusiastic Anjali is about making new friends, the second thing people often notice is how much Anjali enjoys language. Here are a few fun words and phrases I've heard lately.

Switch-uated (as opposed to "situated"). She uses this one a lot. "Let me get switch-uated." I think this word makes a lot of sense.

Concerned and confused ~ she is still figuring out the difference between these as she tentatively interchanges them.

Misunderstood. Always a happy-surprised exclamation, as in, "Oh! I misunderstood!"

She is now pronouncing "yogurt," as opposed to "yurick," which she used for a very long time, insistently.

I figured out (after she alluded to it..) that she uses the word, "dinner," instead of "breakfast" ~ even if we're are actually eating breakfast ~ because she has trouble pronouncing "breakfast."

Oh! So glad I remembered this one; it has been a favorite of mine and Papi's for a long time. She pronounces "dizzy" as "bizzy." She likes to spin and spin, or have Papi spin her till she gets dizzy, and then says, "oo! I'm bizzy!" I like thinking of our actual word, "busy," with this much more fun connotation. :)

The past few days, she has been conscientiously pronouncing "th" when she catches it. However, the following "th" words are fun while they last:

If you ask her what music she wants to listen to at any given moment, she will probably reply, "Elizabiff Mitchell." (This is a folk singer who sings the highest quality, beautiful, interestingly-instrumented, soothing, not-dumbed-down music geared toward children I have ever heard. I like her, too ~ which is a good thing, because Anjali requests her almost daily!)

Oh, and speaking of turning three, Anjali is proud to recite her birth date, "Ock-ter twenny fiff!"

And if you ask her how old she'll be, she'll say, "I'm gonna be FREE!" I like that a lot. :)