The kids and I were in the car waiting for their dad to come out, so we decided to play the game "guess that color." I went first. Chance kept offering the same guess each time it was his turn to choose what color he thought it was. I couldn't figure out what color he meant. It was not one of the basics..yellow, red, blue etc. Chance knows how to pronounce those colors just fine.
"What color do you mean Chance?" I asked.
"He is saying silver." His brother informed me. Only he was pronouncing it sliver instead of silver. Oh the subtle differences of the English language that really make a difference in meaning.
'Chance it is s-i-l-v-e-r." I said drawing the word out so he could hear it.
"Oh. Silver." Chance repeated back to me
We then had a discussion about what a sliver is and how it sounds a lot like the word silver.
So now Chance is ready to head into the holiday season knowing how to correctly pronounce the color sliver. Er, I mean silver.
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I had to chuckle at this one because if he went into the holidays saying Sliver bells, it would have turn the holiday into something else! :) I am amazed that all you have to do is spell and he picks it up. He is coming a long long way! :)
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