The Garklet Lexicon

[nmg]

Up rather early this morning with the sound of a vomiting garklet. Cot disinfected, garklet bathed, and laundry on, and it's still not yet 7am. Still, at least he's still cheery.

Anyway, as much for our benefit as for yours, here's the young lad's current (consistent) vocabulary, as well as we can make it out.

gat

Any furry, four-legged mammal, most commonly a cat.

dak, duk

A bird, most commonly a duck.

dada

Daddy. Or Mummy. Or Alex. Or, in fact, any person.

bana

Banana.

baya

A vehicle (including aeroplanes)

bala

Aeroplane

bu-bow

Bubble. Or any round, see-through and pretty thing (raindrops on windows, etc).

buk

Book.

lo, elo, iya

Hello.

bye-a

Goodbye.

bow

The noise made by something falling or being thrown.

baw

A ball, or something which can be thrown.

uh oh

1. Oh dear, something has fallen down. It may have been an accident, but it's more likely that I did it on purpose.

2. Oh dear, something is not right. Also used when someone sneezes.

da

That, the thing that I am pointing at. Why do my stupid parents not understand what I'm saying to them?

Given this, it's hardly surprising that one of his favourite books (if not his absolute favourite) is the wonderful Sadie the Airmail Pilot, which features a cat who flies planes. Things don't get better than this for the under-twos, it seems.