4-Year-Old Translation Dictionary

This post has nothing to do with faith or reason, but I thought I’d post it for fun anyway. Besides, you might like it. My youngest daughter turns five soon, so I took time to reflect on the creative vocabulary of a four year old in the form of a mini-translation dictionary. Here’s what I came up with:

§  alleluia: Mass

§  alligator: elevator

§  always: too often for her (some grown-ups use this term)

§  baby grown-ups: munchkins from Wizard of Oz

§  band-aid car: ambulance

§  burgers: boogars

§  capiano: piano

§  chest: chess

§  cookie man: Poke′mon

§  friends: school

§  girl cheese: grilled cheese

§  grude:  grew

§  hair nuts: hair knots

§  happy fools day: April fools day

§  hot dog: any sausage like meat

§  peer butter: peanut butter

§  man on the potty: handicap parking sign

§  measure my feet: weigh me on the bathroom scale

§  miss nastics: gymnastics

§  no fair: not my way (some grown-ups use this term too)

§  one more: infinitely more

§  snacker:  food pantry

§  tomorrow: any point in future time

§  whatever: okay

§  yesterday: any point in past time

My favorite…

§  holy bird: Holy Spirit

  

“Let the children come to me and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these” Luke 18:16