Comments on: Learn-A-Word Wednesday: tarradiddle \tair-uh-DID-uhl\

By: Brooke

Brooke — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:50:59 +0000

Here’s a multi-generational tarradiddle:

When I was a kid, my dad had me (and the rest of the neighborhood kids) completely convinced that he had put a secret dye in our swimming pool that turned BRIGHT RED when it came in contact with pee. I have never pee’d in a pool because of it. And now I tell my kids the same tarradiddle.

By: wendy

wendy — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:31:59 +0000

I’ll have to google weboggle cuz I’m out of the loop on that one. Great, more addictive activities!

By: dorky dad

dorky dad — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:32:28 +0000

Do you play Weboggle? You should. It’s totally addicting. I’m horrible at it. But you with these words should be excellent.

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:28:48 +0000

I’ll have to check the video camera and see if you are telling the truth. – This one used to work all the time for me to get the real story from my 6 year old son, back when he was 3 or 4. He thought I had the whole house rigged up with cameras….he’ll probably end up in therapy now….For some reason he likes to stretch or completely skip the truth sometimes….

By: wendy

wendy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:42:44 +0000

Oh, good ones! Keep them in line and get loving when you want it! I’ll have to remember these!

By: feefifoto

feefifoto — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:16:52 +0000

“See that sign? It says ‘Kiss your mom. ‘”

Used to work until she learned to read.

Darn.

By: Chris Cactus

Chris Cactus — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:27:17 +0000

Oh hell yeah. Although this is the first time I’ve ever heard the word, I’m familiar with the concept.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:07:34 +0000

Oh, this one sounds almost dirty! Some of the words in our language are just absolutely hysterical.

My tarradiddle: “You better behave. The eye in the back of my head can see you!”

I can’t count the number of times that one worked! I had Unruly convinced there was a third eye hiding beneath all my hair that watched her constantly. Sometimes she’d even dig through my hair to try to find my “back eye.”