Hey everyone! I’m 21 months old right now and I am trying really hard to let the world know that I have some important stuff to say! Here’s a list of common phrases you might encounter if you hang with me - hopefully they will help in translating for those who speak Sutter-ese as a native tongue!
Buuh Mama Paas: “Book, Mama, Please!”
Behfaas: “Breakfast”
Beh Baah: “Big Bird”
Haam: “Home”
Ah Ah: “Dada”
Amma: “Pammy”
Ah Eh: “Decker”
Ah BUH!: “All DONE!”
Boh Boh Boh BOH: “Pollywog in a Bog!” (my favorite song!)
Iihz: “eyes”
Mowt: “mouth”
Ehs: “ears”
That’s just a few! There’s many more, but frankly to the untrained ear they probably all sound very similar! That’s ok! At least you can say you made the effort to try!
Buh Bih! (”Bye Bye”)
Hi everyone! So check it out…I have discovered this really neat new show! It’s totally ‘old school’ (my BROTHER used to watch it, for heaven’s sake!) and it’s got these awesome machines in it who can talk to people, and they all like to play soccer and build things and hang out together in one big happy family unit - yup, it’s Bob the Builder! I gotta say, I can’t get enough of this guy. If it’s lunchtime and my mom says that Decker and I can watch a video, I immediately log in my vote for “Bah Bihdah!”. (The most effective way to do this is to repeat the phrase passionately about 100 times, in hopes that someone will hear your heartfelt plea). Sometimes my brother is really nice and says, “Oh, you want Bob the Builder? Ok!” and then he goes and picks it out. Those are the best days. Sometimes he picks something else, but most of the time that’s still ok because it’s usually either ‘Dumbo’ (who, I will admit, makes me giggle out loud, especially when his mommy gives him a bath), or “Alphabet Dogs”. But oh man, that Bob the Builder just rocks the house. My favorite machine is Lofty. He’s blue and has a big long arm attached to him (he’s a crane), and sometimes I see him in real life doing projects at the playground or in my aunt’s parking lot! I have a little toy of him that I love to carry around, just me and “lof-fah!”.
So check out Bob the Builder - he’s the best!