Guest submarines Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 hay kim ah pol low geeah Doesn't sound like "hay kim" to me: Thought that's for the optical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama27 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Oh and until recently I pronounced Joy Hakim as Hah keem It isn't?? Then how is it pronounced? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Here is a link to an interview with Joy Hakimhttp://www.c-span.org/video/?290457-1/depth-joy-hakim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyLady Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I feel like I could write a book on this when it comes to my 6 y/o DD. She's under the weather right now and I saw her trying to get a tissue out of the tissue box. She said, "Mom, it won't rip." I watched as she held the tissues down with one hand while trying to "tear" the tissue with the other hand. I told her to just pull. She didn't get it. I finally told her to let go of the tissues with the hand she was using to hold them down and just pull with the other hand. After she managed to do it, the look on her face was priceless. Like she couldn't believe it was that simple or something. Her birthday was recently and at her party she was sitting sideways at the table where her presents were. She was trying to open the gifts on the table while her body was twisted, if that makes sense. One of her friends then tells her to put the gift on her lap because it will be easier. My DD gave her a blank stare. The friend told her again and eventually all of her friends were saying it as my DD sat there looking like they were talking in a foreign language. They even started demonstrating where her lap was. She finally got it, but had a look on her face like, "Well this makes no sense at all." :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 So, how many cigarettes are there in a pack? Do tell! I still don't know! Sheltered, I guess. :laugh: And I worked in a gas station for a while in college! Ds7 doesn't know the word 'cigarette'. He was telling me once about 'those things people put in their mouth and they stick out and then they blow smoke and...' We eventually worked out he was referring to a cigarette. I often weigh myself at home, and when ds was 4 he saw a scale in a pharmacy, and excitedly told me that they had 'one of those thing for seeing how old your feet are'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 My kids didn't know what a "TV dinner" was. They were reading a book that mentioned TV dinner and were clueless. And....my kids have no idea what the words are The Pledge of Allegiance or the Star Spangled Banner. In fact, they didn't even know what those were let alone the words. I kind of took that one for granted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 And....my kids have no idea what the words are The Pledge of Allegiance or the Star Spangled Banner. In fact, they didn't even know what those were let alone the words. I kind of took that one for granted. I learned The Star Spangled Banner in high school by watching the Stanley Cup playoffs. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 My kids didn't know what a "TV dinner" was. They were reading a book that mentioned TV dinner and were clueless. And....my kids have no idea what the words are The Pledge of Allegiance or the Star Spangled Banner. In fact, they didn't even know what those were let alone the words. I kind of took that one for granted. We go to baseball games often enough I thought he would know what the Star Spangled Banner was. When he was about 7 we were heading to a game and I said we were running a bit late to get the bus and he asked if we would get there in time for the the "rocket song". "The rockets' red glare" being the words he decided were the most important part. I asked him if he meant the Star Spangled Banner and he had no idea what I was talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 We go to baseball games often enough I thought he would know what the Star Spangled Banner was. When he was about 7 we were heading to a game and I said we were running a bit late to get the bus and he asked if we would get there in time for the the "rocket song". "The rockets' red glare" being the words he decided were the most important part. I asked him if he meant the Star Spangled Banner and he had no idea what I was talking about. Wait. Are you saying that "the rockets' red glare" is NOT the most important part? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimm Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 My kids didn't know what breastfeeding was. I nursed the older for 10 months and the second for 2 months but because they are only 18 months apart, neither had any memory of it. When I explained "When a woman has a baby, her breasts make milk that comes out of her nipples when the baby sucks on them." They thought I was joke so I google imaged "breastfeeding". My oldest's comment was, "That.. is disgusting." Since then we've been around breastfeeding babies and it's much more normal to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Here is a link to an interview with Joy Hakimhttp://www.c-span.org/video/?290457-1/depth-joy-hakim This looks like a great interview. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 We go to baseball games often enough I thought he would know what the Star Spangled Banner was. When he was about 7 we were heading to a game and I said we were running a bit late to get the bus and he asked if we would get there in time for the the "rocket song". "The rockets' red glare" being the words he decided were the most important part. I asked him if he meant the Star Spangled Banner and he had no idea what I was talking about. That makes me think about one of the Ramona Quimby books where she calls it the "Donzer" song, because of the phrase "by the dawn's early light" :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Wait. Are you saying that "the rockets' red glare" is NOT the most important part? Reminds me of Ramona something what a "dawnzer lee-light" was. Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Haha, Susan C, great minds and all that :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 That reminds me of a story about someone thinking the song starts off by the singer asking Jose if he can see by the dawn's early light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 This looks like a great interview. Thanks for posting. Oh-- I didn't mean to make you watch the interview--- Just the first thirty seconds where they pronounce her name!! Sorry! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAMommy Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 During the election my ds 6 said I really want Barack o' mama to win. Dd 8 corrected him & said his name is " the rock Obama." ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 When my older daughter was 13 I realized she could not tell time on an analog clock. That is when I noticed that every clock in our house was digital. I went out and bought a few $5 clocks at Walmart and she finally did learn how to tell time. Not my child, but my HUSBAND: My younger daughter is sick so today was a Netflix/lounge on the couch day for us. She was watching Walking with Dinosaurs when my (very intelligent) DH came home from work. He sat down and watched about 10 mins of it with her and then said to me.... "Is this actual footage?" LOL My 8 year old looked at him like WTF?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 This one might be a little more disturbing, or evidence of educational negligence, than funny. But discovered this week that my 4th grader (above grade level reading and spelling, no dyslexia) doesn't know his alphabet. He knows the letters. He doesn't know the order. At all. He can't even sing the song to get them. I realized he never learned it. He went from no phonemic knowledge to reading phonetically, and I forgot about the whole can't say the alphabet business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I referenced Jesus Christ Superstar and was floored that the girls drew a blank! Especially since they love Evita and Chess. Instantly sat down and Youtubed my 3 favorite songs with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 DS10 keeps insisting that the coots/mud hens on the lake are "pomegranates..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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