Virgin Ears
Me: That's a new cup. What is it?
Her: It's the supposed to be the new coffee from Starbucks. I'm hoping they just forgot the Equal (she says adding some to the cup) because it tastes like a-s-s. (spelled).
Me: Good luck with that.
Not so very long ago my wife and I were able to converse freely, adult stuff with adult words. We spoke above innocent ears that were oblivious to the words or context of our conversation. As those ears grew our conversation methods evolved and we found ourselves spelling words deemed inappropriate for virgin ears. We may have to stop talking altogether. Case in point:
Moments after the above conversation took place Zia pipes up. Mom, Mom, Mom...I know how to spell coffee.
Her: Really? Let's hear it.
Zia: A--S--S!!
Her: It's the supposed to be the new coffee from Starbucks. I'm hoping they just forgot the Equal (she says adding some to the cup) because it tastes like a-s-s. (spelled).
Me: Good luck with that.
Not so very long ago my wife and I were able to converse freely, adult stuff with adult words. We spoke above innocent ears that were oblivious to the words or context of our conversation. As those ears grew our conversation methods evolved and we found ourselves spelling words deemed inappropriate for virgin ears. We may have to stop talking altogether. Case in point:
Moments after the above conversation took place Zia pipes up. Mom, Mom, Mom...I know how to spell coffee.
Her: Really? Let's hear it.
Zia: A--S--S!!
Posted by Zoe's Dad at Wednesday, April 09, 2008 11:26 AM and is filed under adult conversations,corrupting our youth,Lessons in bad parenting 
I laughed out loud at this one Ed. But I hear you about spelling things out...it is amazing what Xavier picks up on when you don't think he is really listening. I was telling Lyle the story about Julie's friend breaking her leg over the phone the other day and when I hung up, Xavier was very concerned about the fact that Izzie broke her leg....I guess because I was referring to "she" and "her".
Maura just about spewed coffee all over Zia. It was hillarious and she couldn't figure out why we were laughing. Made it very difficult to explain that is not how coffee is spelled.
Xavie might have been concerned that HE broke Izzie's leg playing too rough with her.
maybe you both need to learn semaphore
Are you kidding? Flags are another word for weapon in our home.
I find it extremely hard to control my words at times. It's not wonder why our two year old has on occasion blurted out s-h-i-t.
Ouch!
Nuh Uh! That has to be made up. Just perfect.
No, it's totally true---the coffee tasted bad!
Oh, I've BEEN THERE! I have SOOOOO BEEN THERE!
Good luck with THAT!
It's a work in progress.
You're just trying to hold back the tide, if my family is anything to judge by then it won't be long before their language is making you blush
It's my wife! The woman curses like a sailor.
Funny! We went from spelling words, to spelling them backward, to pig Latin. When they catch onto that, we're going to have to learn French.
Reminds me of Old School whenever Vince Vaughns character used adult language around his kid he would say, "can you earmuff it for me?"
That's great! Not that I have any kids, but I once had a dog that learned how to spell T-R-E-A-T
Sausages! Sausage. Sausage. Sausages. Sausages!!
Good talk.
very funny, you just want her to be there next time you are at the coffee shop, and she corrects your order with her own spelling.
'No Daddy, you want A-S-S!'
Oh, Lord. I hadn't even thought of that. I'm in trouble.
That is the funniest post I've read all day! Kids are S-M-A-R-T! My wife and I struggle with this issue too. A few months ago, Ty said shitake minus the ake to a lady in Wal-Mart. My wife blamed it on me! Thanks for helping me end my day with a smile. -Jeremy @ Discovering Dad
p.s. BTW, I'll pass on the feedback to my friends at Starbucks (I was a DM there for 7 years) - I'll make sure to spell it out for them too!
Glad you enjoyed it. I'm usually pretty guarded with my words around my kids---they still think STUPID is a bad word---so if they pick something up I know it came from somewhere else.
Like my wife! (Just kidding, Honey!)
They usually get you with that cuss word. Something about it. It was on the list of first words to spell with all my kids. And it does not help that I too have the mouth of a sailor.
I work across the river from a factory that smells like ass, but I can't say I've ever drunk anything that tastes like ass. BTW, how does she know what ass tastes like anyway?
that's hysterical. wait until they figure out how to spell S-E-X. you may want to be careful what that actually does spell in their mind. lol
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Isn't it a pain when even the spelling comes back to kick you in the ... A S S.
Sometimes silence is golden
H-A-H-A! That's hilarious!
btw, I really like your new blog header.
ROFL -- that is some seriously funny stuff that I have been through myself! Especially when you portend to know what ass tastes like
Yep, kids are like well trained parrots. Our daughter does the same thing.
My wife and I spell so many things that we have started to spell things that don't really need spelling.
For example, I told my wife today, "I'm going to the b-a-t-h-r-o-o-m."