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Qat
Here’s the background: We’ve been listening a lot to Snacktime, by the Barenaked Ladies. It’s a children’s CD, but it’s fun enough for parents to enjoy too. There is this one song, Crazy ABC’s, where they go through the alphabet and list a crazy word for each of the letters and a definition of it.
Here’s the scenario: We were at dinner with my parents and my nephews. My mom was playing hangman with the kids when all of a sudden my husband comes up THE WORD to END ALL WORDS! The MOST FANTASTIC HANGMAN WORD EVER! He’s positive that they’ll NEVER EVER EVER guess it before their hangman is hung.
He tells them: _ _ _
Someone says: A
He fills it in: _ A _
Zoe says: Q
He gets a look of shock as everyone else at the table thinks our daughter has just made the dumbest letter guess ever because there isn’t a place for a U in those three slots, especially with the A in the middle.
And then she says: “qat, it’s an evergreen shrub” (quoted perfectly from the song, mind you).
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Kids can really surprise you.
When my brother and sisters were little they watched that movie Matilda…and learned to spell some word (that I have long forgotten) and totally shocked me that not only did they know the word-but they knew how to spell it.
Until my friend pointed out that they got it from the movie.
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LOL! Go Zoe! You have one smart little cookie and hubby better pay attention.
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“qat” is my very favorite scrabble word.
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Muahhaah! That’s awesome.
My friend works in a toy store so I know the song well.
Though I’m partial to the They Might Be Giants albums…
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