Daily Archives: December 18, 2006

“No I amn’t!”

And yes, that last post would have been an opportunity to use one of Lil’ G’s favorite words—that isn’t a word. She’s quite good with language and is still working through the intricacies and rules of English use. Recently, she’s begun using the word “amn’t” (especially in defenses of her behavior or other denials) that functions in the same way as isn’t and aren’t. We’re attempting to persuade her that such a word really doesn’t exist. Linguistically, though, I am’nt sure why it doesn’t… My guess would be that the vowels I and a elide more naturally into “I’m” (hence the more standard “I’m not”) rather than the m and n.

Correction…

Ok, M didn’t say the blog was boring, just that it was primarily academic and political and didn’t talk much about our family life. And she’s entirely right. And yes, part of the point is to let our friends scattered around the country know what we’re up to so I’ll write more about such things.

G and H


Ok–for those wanting more G & H content, here they are–and some old guy at the mall:

And for the record, this is Santa, a person completely disctinct in our household from Saint Nicholas. St. Nicholas is a real person whom we celebrate in the German fashion on Dec 6–Santa is a guy the culture made up loosely based off of St. Nicholas.