8.18.2011

English is hard.

You never realize how complicated the word "operation" is until a five year old asks you to explain everything can it mean without putting it into any sort of context for you.  I started with surgery and ended with a brief discussion on special military strategies and still didn't get everything in there.

I'm exhausted.
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Magaly Guerrero said...

That's how I felt when the Princess grabbed one of my tampons and asked "What's this?" I stand there for a few minutes trying to figure out how in a few years she was going to bleed. Two seconds later she got distracted and asked me if I could paint her toenails.

August 19, 2011 1:46 AM
Charley2NA said...

Just be glad that English is your first language.
Now that I've spent ten minutes thinking about operations, I've decided to work with simpler concepts, like driveways where we park vs. parkways where we drive.

August 19, 2011 1:56 AM
Amanda said...

You only got one word? I usually get what seems like at least 50 in a day. I bought my child a dictionary and Thesaurus because some words I can't describe objectively.

August 19, 2011 7:49 AM
RuthWells said...

Bwah!

August 19, 2011 9:03 AM
Sunny said...

Oooh boy do I have library of stories about THIS subject. Best thing to do is answer THE question they ASK, not an explanation. This may require a few questions on your part to find out exactly what they are asking. In this case, where did he hear the word? If it was something like, "Tommy's mom has to have a operation, what is it?" Then you answer THAT question. Sometimes as parents we are so eager to impart knowledge to our little ones, we end up confusing the heck out of them and us. Like Amanda, I sent them straight to the dictionary when they got older. And Magaly, I told my son it was like a Q-tip for ladies private parts. He didn't ask anymore questions about THAT.

August 19, 2011 9:23 AM

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