{"id":1171,"date":"2015-09-07T13:50:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T20:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoppinworld.com\/mydiary\/?p=1171"},"modified":"2017-11-24T20:27:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-25T03:27:50","slug":"of-viff-and-other-words-that-have-gone-the-way-of-the-dodo-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoppinworld.com\/mydiary\/2015\/09\/07\/of-viff-and-other-words-that-have-gone-the-way-of-the-dodo-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Viff and Other Words That Have Gone the Way of the Dodo Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote about Viff in the post about the aquarium. \u00a0I was too late on that one, too. \u00a0By the time we drove home from the aquarium, he was already saying Fish correctly.<\/p>\n<p>John John pointed to my shoulder recently, and said definitively, &#8220;Butt.&#8221; \u00a0I looked at my shirt; he was pointing to some decorative buttons. \u00a0&#8220;Button,&#8221; I said. \u00a0&#8220;Can you say, &#8216;button?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Butt,&#8221; he told me.<\/p>\n<p>I kept meaning to make a little post about this because I thought it was cute. \u00a0There have been many moments of this, pointing to his pants button, and announcing, &#8220;Butt.&#8221; Or my\u00a0collared shirt: &#8220;Butt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Today, he said, &#8220;Button,&#8221; and I knew my chance of posting in the moment had slipped by. \u00a0But while the iron is still hot, I wish to strike\u00a0two more times:\u00a0mokosyll &amp;\u00a0keemah.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s great that he is developing, but I&#8217;ll be just a little sad when he finally says motorcycle and cucumber.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote about Viff in the post about the aquarium. \u00a0I was too late on that one, too. \u00a0By the time we drove home from the aquarium, he was already saying Fish correctly. 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