nmg | Toddler Linguistics, part the nth

An account of a conversation while waiting at bus stop with ias and the garklet:

garklet: My¹ like coiley-wotey.
ias: What's coiley-wotey?
garklet: Coiley-wotey!
nmg: Colley Wotty?
garklet: Coiley-wotey!
nmg: What sort of a thing is coiley-wotey!
garklet: *pause* Coiley-wotey!
ias: He's making this word up.
nmg: Are you making this word up? Is this another silly word?
garklet: No, coiley-wotey!
ias: How big is coiley-wotey?
garklet: *looks confused*
ias: Is coiley-wotey big or small?
garklet: Coiley-wotey!
ias: He's just saying that! Stop saying that!
nmg: *has flash of inspiration* What colour is coiley-wotey?
garklet: Grey.
nmg: *thinks* What sort of animal is coiley-wotey?
garklet: He a woof, chase roadroader. Roadroader goes beep-beep!
ias: Aha! He's a wolf! You're talking about Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner, aren't you?
garklet: Yes, my like coiley-wotey.
nmg: That's Wile. E. Coyote. Can you say it after me? Wile E.
garklet: Coiley-wotey.
nmg: *sighs*

1. This is a persistent verbal tic that he's had for the last six months. My, how we've tried to cure him of it.

"Put down that wrench!"