"Jamie-Isms"
The words and phrases express the innocence and straightforward nature of a
child's thinking at different ages. Some he used when Jamie was first learning
to speak. Some developed as he worked to build his mind and his understanding of
the world. Some were left over from his first language, Spanglish.
Bad cat chasing a mouse = Tom and
Jerry cartoon
The shows in between the shows =commercials
5 minutes and 5 minutes and 5 minutes = how long until Sponge Bob was on.
1:12 or 9:12 = the answer to "What time is it?"
Agua melon = watermelon
Brekfisk = breakfast
Kid meat = vegetarian meat product
Rah-rah's = monsters
Broom-brooms = cars
Bite = I want something to eat
Shiggs = dogs (after Jiggs his dog)
Shiggs ona doe = Jiggs wants to go with us
Academia nuts = Macadamia Nuts
Lovenen, Kissenen, Missesen each other =
loving, kissing missing each other
fur-fur-fur = refrigerator
shyer = shower
oatmuhl = oatmeal
Go Loud = Speak louder please, I can't hear you.
It fun = I'm having fun
Gril, wirld, Cralos, Crambia = anything with a vowel and an "r" got switched
(Karl Anthony became Kral Antie)
Tuley = kids older than him. He began calling his cousin Cody, Tuley at age two
and kept going to all kids a few years older than him
I wanna jale your pelo = I want to hold you hair (used as a comfort when going
to bed at night)
Helmom= Helmet
Upstirs/downstirs = upstairs/downstairs
Asking Marks = Questions Marks
Explanation points = exclamation points
Mote Trol = Remote control