Our 6-year-old just codified our household’s mealtime lore and pinned it to our message board, in scenes reminiscent of Luther nailing his Theses to the church door. See below for photo and transcript.
Transcript (I think):
1 sit on your cher nislee
2 eetign nislee
3 ask if yoy can get out ov the taibl
4 sai pleez and tank you
3 Lai the taibl
6 cleen away the tayb
7 thry evreefing on your food plat
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All eminently sensible. Could I get him round here to give my children a tutorial in mealtime etiquette?
Sadly Victoria, the young man does not practice what he preaches. When Gandhi said “be the change you wish to see in the world”, my kids heard it as “shout and spray ketchup on the walls”.
A text worthy of Assurbanipal or Hammurabi. Well, we’ve cracked the Rosetta, cuneiform, and runes. We must await a more authoritative transcript of this important inscription. The current lamentable effort has the merit only of proximity to the scribe – whose wisdom and courtesy is already manifest. Roll on the next Champollion.
Nice work, RonRon! I agree my transcript falls short. Also, I suspect I may not have adequately praised the perfection of the scribe’s calligraphy.
As the mother of a 6yo, I suspect the last one is “chry evreefing” because that’s exactly how YoungBloke pronounces “try”…
Good understanding of dining etiquette and good phonetic spelling. Gold star!
Lindsay – oh yes, you’re right! Thanks – it must be “chry”. I guess this rather proves RonRon’s point about my transcription skills…
Now let me guess, they’re doing ‘writing instructions’ in Literacy. Next week he will want to amend this by writing First you…, then…, after that…, next…, lastly etc. The old vowel digraphs are coming along a treat, good on him.
Sian, you are spot on! Are you a teacher by any chance?
Once a teacher, always a teacher. The Guardian article? wheeling out the vicar?
Oh, it’s YOU!