[BlogEntry] Elizabethan Grammar

And by that I mean the grammar of my 2.5 yr old, Elizabeth. My Shakespeare friends are gonna kill me :).

Elizabeth feels that the word "windy" is similar to the word "cold". Thus, where you might say "I'm cold" on a particularly cold day, Elizabeth would say "I'm windy" on a windy day.

She also knows that when she says this, the nearest grown up will tend to say, "It is a little windy." However, it is often "Not too windy."

She does not, however, grasp the concept of past tense. "I'm windy" could mean right now, or it could mean yesterday. This was particluarly noticeable the week after trying to get pictures taken with Santa where she would tell me every morning, "Santa's not scaring me." In other words, "I was not scared of Santa."

Today, during our fabulous 60 degree day in early January, I took the kids to the park. When we came home and Kerry asked Elizabeth how it was, she replied, "I'm too a little windy!"