I just finished a great classic novel, Middlemarch by George Eliot. It was quite an impressive epoch and I am glad I discovered it. However, I worry that it has had a negative influence on my speech patterns. I find myself using complicated, pretentious-sounding phrases because that has filled my mind so completely of late. (Ahem.)
Did it rub off on Joseph? He wanted to write me a little letter this morning and I told him to just write whatever was in his heart. The result:
"Dear Mom,
I do hope the baby will function."
I laugh every time I think of this phrase. I think, "Rather, dear!" with an overly dramatized stuffy, old English gentlemen accent. Rah-thuh! I do hope the baby will be perfectly functional, indeed!
LOL. I love it!
ReplyDeleteThat is the awesomest thing ever! (and I know my language sucks comapred to your son, awesomest isn't even a word, I'm just trying to emphisize just how cool he is!)
ReplyDeleteI imagine the next letter to be written with all kinds of curliques and flourishes and perhaps sealed with wax. Love it!
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