December 21, 2006
poTAYto, poTAHto
Henry is telling me a story, about some aliens who come to conquor Earth (I think; the story went on for literally two hours and I may have drifted off at a few points. Anyway . . . )
Henry: When they got to Earth they realized that some of the parts had been tooken–
Me: Taken.
Henry: What?
Me: Taken. Tooken isn’t a a word.
Henry: Yes it is.
Me: No, it isn’t. It’s taken.
Henry: But I like tooken.
Me: Yeah, it sounds kind of cool, doesn’t it? But when you’re writing a story, you need to use words that people recognize or they won’t know what you’re talking about.
Henry: I like tooken.
Me: Okay, but it’s TAKEN.
Henry: Okay, Mom, YOU say taken, I say tooken.
Me: Let’s call the whole thing off.
Henry: Right. Wait, what?
Me: Nothing. Finish your story.
Henry: Okay. So they got to Earth and some of the parts had been tooken . . .
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December 21st, 2006 at 10:31 am, Annika Says:
His logic is irrefutable. He just needs to work on his pop culture references.
December 21st, 2006 at 11:01 am, Jeana Says:
Having myself made up words for blog posts such as “blosky” and “ornacide” I don’t feel qualified to comment on this. Except to say, “Stick to your guns Henry! Don’t let them get tooken. You rock.”
December 21st, 2006 at 11:16 am, Crunchy Carpets Says:
Hey..it’s HIS story.
snort.
December 21st, 2006 at 11:40 am, daysgoby Says:
We have the same fight on ‘busted’.
Him, on the edge of a whine ‘But I like busted, okaaaaaay?’
Please excuse my peppermint schnapps breath. It’s (hick!) candy canes, I swear.
Or thomthing.
December 21st, 2006 at 11:47 am, Candace Says:
So he follows the “language changes” school of though, huh?
December 21st, 2006 at 1:33 pm, mamatulip Says:
I like tooken too.
December 21st, 2006 at 1:55 pm, Melissa Says:
But WHERE were they tooken? And would they ever be recovered?
Tune in tomorrow for another exciting three-hour-long installment of The Story of Henry’s Aliens.
December 21st, 2006 at 3:31 pm, 5KidMom Says:
Two hour stories and taking creative license in his choice of words…you may just have a future writer on your hands. And you were worried about what he would do when he grows up! HA!! Go Henry!!!!!
December 21st, 2006 at 5:42 pm, Amber Says:
The kid’s got a point. And what a cute point it is.
December 21st, 2006 at 8:35 pm, rachel Says:
lol
it’s like seeing my oldest in boy form. wow.
I doze off during the 2 hour stories, too. Do you get operas about the horrors of being the oldest child, too?
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:48 am, Granny Says:
Tooken, of course.
I don’t know what it is with verbs. The girls mutilate most of them too even when they write them correctly.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:07 am, Marmite Breath Says:
We should meet up in Fort Smith and let Tom and Henry make up the best alien story ever. You know they could come up with a doozy.
“…….and then they were tooken to an amazing planet where King Probot fed them all poop and it made them grow four noses…..”
December 23rd, 2006 at 5:39 am, Mamacita Tina Says:
Don’t forget literary license!