Oliver has a speech impediment
on 12/30/08 2:29 am
I just noticed Oliver drops his D's in words that end in RD. For instance, he says (in a falsetto voice)
Good LORR!!! You're a BAD birr............hahhahhhhaaaaaaaaaaaa.
(but that's a lot better than what he used to say, so I think we'll just keep that phrase).
It's weird, I have a terrible potty mouth, but I don't like it when animals cuss, and we've worked hard to clean up his vocabulary. He still farts and belches, but he rarely cusses any more.
My mother, who is a native New Yorker, bred from the lusty night between a sailor and truck driver (not really, but just to give you a point of reference to how bad her language is...and no offense to sailors or truckers..), used to work in the church rectory. Her close friend, a priest, had some type of huge, chatty avian spawn. Well, the bird was kept near her office, and would be subject to the slew of obscenities flying out of Mm's mouth daily. Well, the archbishop visited one day....when he asked if the bird was a "pretty bird", it propmptly shouted "DUMBASS"...yeah...Mom was asked to tone it down from that point on, lol
on 12/30/08 5:57 am
LOL-that was one of Ollie's special words. Now he pretty much only cusses at the dogs.
Oh Oh OH-he was chewing on the cabinet the other day (which is a no no) and I kept saying Oliver, uh uh.....and he'd stop. ....then start again. I said "uh uh" and without lifting his head he said "SLIM, STOP THAT!!!!" BAD BAD!!!! (He calls dogs slims). When I quit laughing I told him I knew the dogs where outside and he needed to stop it.....and the little toot crawled up on his cage and laughed and laughed at his own funny joke. He cracks himself up a lot.
on 12/30/08 11:50 pm
I'm really NOT making fun of him-but he's just started saying Prissy-and he says it with a southern drawl right now-Priss-SAY, come here..........
When he's practicing a new word it's a little bizarre and creepy-it sounds like one of those backwards records or stretched out recordings....but he practices when he's alone and laughing is not allowed (it really would hurt his feelings, he's so proud when he gets it right). Right now he's trying to decide if he likes Priss-SAY or just Priss, and he's combining it with all his other words to get just the right mix.
For example Priss-SAY, come HERE, Priss, step UP, Prissay-don't bite......Prissay-quiet!
He does only use quiet when there is barking, so he knows the meaning of it, but Prissy doesn't bite (however, he might not know that). There's a lot that goes on in that head of his.
Ok, one more, then I'll quit. He's working on grape too-but it comes out "crap". I have trouble not laughing at that one.
