Somehow the baby has confused “bat’riq” (Arabic for penguin) with “bless you”—but she also knows that “saha” is what you say in Arabic when a person sneezes. So, logically, she’s deduced that the English post-sneeze salutation is to heartily say “penguin!”
It's true! It was very funny hearing a three-year-old constantly asking "because?" "because?" "because?" It came off as very future-internet-skeptic coded
That kind of thing is truly one of the best parts about watching someone else learn to speak. One of my toddlers mashed up "tortoise" and "turtle" to get "turdis" which still makes me smile.
“In this moment of eternal peril, may your soul, like the noble penguin, lack the wings to fly from your body before you have time to draw it back inside with your next breath.”
My oldest child has mostly decided to give up speaking French though they still answer me when I speak it. But funny things remain like calling their stuffed animal le chat and calling loved ones all the things I call them. It’s cute.
