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September 30, 2009
Between the Hours of 3 and 5pm today...
I fought a losing battle with my six-year-old son over the proper spelling of the first person plural pronoun.
I have an 11 year old that thinks we should start a petition to change the spelling of 'we' to 'wii' in honor of Nintendo's brilliance. I wish I was kidding.
I always thought that that puny little letter was a poor substitute for the First Person. I mean, in every other language it's at least two or three letters long--it sort of looks like someone one day just forgot the "ch", and it caught on.
*sigh* I taught high school English for the last 5 years until my daughter was born, and this is becoming the NORM!!!! I have seen kids use text language on standardized tests. Heaven help us.
I knew that was going to screw some kid up somewhere. I've just been waiting for it to happen. As for mii, I don't think it will be long before my 5 year old and I fight about that one too. Last night we had a battle of wills over which direction a 6 faces. Funny, funny! Hope you don't mind me stopping by.
Oh man. My worst nightmare. I got out of teaching just before texting got big. But I did get an occasional "Ur" instead of "your" and I almost lost it.
Hahahahaha! My 11 year old son just asked us the other day, "Mom and Dad, if you both die, who gets the wii?" Nice. My husband replied, "Mom. It's hers, so bury it with her."
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OMG - this is so something my son would have done ....
ReplyDeleteMaybe he is just dropping hints for Christmas? He even says he likes video games...hint, hint...
ReplyDeletenow THAT is funny.
ReplyDeleteI was waiting on the day this would happen to someone I know.
ReplyDeletebahahahahahahahahahaha
ReplyDeletethat is stinking hilarious.
I have an 11 year old that thinks we should start a petition to change the spelling of 'we' to 'wii' in honor of Nintendo's brilliance. I wish I was kidding.
ReplyDeleteHow funny!!! Generation W(ii) LOL
ReplyDeletethat is sooo funny!!
ReplyDeleteWow...I never even thought about that...how Wii is pronounced "we" and that a 6 year old would think that's how it's spelled. So funny! ha ha
ReplyDeleteawesome! love it!
ReplyDeleteHysterical. Love it. It's a lose lose situation.
ReplyDeleteThe first time I came across this I thought it was hilarious. I'm happy to report that the student now spells it correctly.
ReplyDeleteawesome. we don't own a Wii. i hope we never do. i hear it is a money pit. i wonder what his christmas list will look like. take care.
ReplyDeletehahahah Wii! What a smart cookie tho! Atleast he was paying attention!...sorta lol
ReplyDeleteDuh...that is how you spell "we" nowadays...just wait until they start writing in text format...talk about a new foreign language!
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Maybe he was writing that way in hopes of subliminaly getting you to buy him a wii. He thought you wouldn't notice. He is brilliant!
ReplyDeleteA child of the 21st century!
ReplyDeleteThat is just too hilarious!!
ReplyDeleteA true sign of the times we're living in! That is priceless!
ReplyDeleteHA HA! Sadly, I can only imagine what all of the texting is doing to the older kids and their spelling...
ReplyDeletethis is too funny
ReplyDeleteOh no! The Wii is ruining our spellers :)
ReplyDeleteI always thought that that puny little letter was a poor substitute for the First Person. I mean, in every other language it's at least two or three letters long--it sort of looks like someone one day just forgot the "ch", and it caught on.
ReplyDeleteSo maybe a new spelling is in order.
Wii are laughing over here.
ReplyDeleteWii tink tis HILARIOUS!
ReplyDeletehii hii.
ReplyDelete*sigh* I taught high school English for the last 5 years until my daughter was born, and this is becoming the NORM!!!! I have seen kids use text language on standardized tests. Heaven help us.
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You have to keep this {forever} these little "scraps" of paper are so priceless. Love it.
ReplyDeleteI fought that battle recently with my six-year-old too!
ReplyDeleteI almost died laughing. Ain't technology GRAND?!!
ReplyDeleteThat is THE CUTEST story I've ever heard! At least he's only 6.
ReplyDeleteA similar but not so funny story...I once saw a 9th grader argue with his teacher over the correct spelling of the word dog.
He was born and raised in Georgia...a Georgia Bull"dawg" fan. So, that's the only way he would spell the word dog.
This is hilarious! Wii love it!
ReplyDeleteThat is funny. You know only teachers and other people with kids can read those sentences!
ReplyDeleteI knew that was going to screw some kid up somewhere. I've just been waiting for it to happen. As for mii, I don't think it will be long before my 5 year old and I fight about that one too.
ReplyDeleteLast night we had a battle of wills over which direction a 6 faces.
Funny, funny!
Hope you don't mind me stopping by.
Oh man. My worst nightmare. I got out of teaching just before texting got big. But I did get an occasional "Ur" instead of "your" and I almost lost it.
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha! My 11 year old son just asked us the other day, "Mom and Dad, if you both die, who gets the wii?" Nice. My husband replied, "Mom. It's hers, so bury it with her."
ReplyDeleteThat's NOT how to spell "Wii"?
ReplyDeleteHa ha...Very funny!
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OMG! Hilarious!!
ReplyDeleteLOL how cute!
ReplyDeleteSo computer games are good for something eh!
Is it bad that I could read everything he wrote?
ReplyDeleteLOL, my son's hand writing is very similar.. he is 12. :)
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