Toddlerspeak

At a year-and-a-half, J has built up his vocabulary quite welll. As of last count, he knows more than 100 words. For most of them, only those who interact with him often can understand what he's saying. It's amusing to discover how he interprets the words he hears.

Here are his versions of some (English) words:

bear - 'bey'
lion - 'lahlin'
penguin - 'gengwin'
tiger - 'tahygoo'
bird - 'bood'
Elmo - 'mo'
Ernie - 'ehneeh'
Bert - 'boot'
airplane - 'peyn'
JayJay the jetplane - 'dey dey peyn'
Sully - 'lali'
open the door - 'open dol'
blue - 'boo'
red - 'ed'
Blue's Clues - 'kloo kloo'
Geppetto - 'peeto'
Pinocchio - 'kyo'
Stromboli - 'bobi'
flower - 'fafoo'
castle - 'kakoo'
crackers - 'kakoos'
Quasimodo - 'quackin dodo'
the end - 'ee en'