Jul 17, 2008
Vocabularical vindication: Orison’s seeming plea for lenience revisited.
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I just realized, five months later, that when Orison requested mercy when using the bathroom, he meant privacy.
I feel better now.
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What clued you in?
He made the same mistake yesterday, but it was more obvious that he was looking for a word he didn’t really know.
So when he landed on mercy he didn’t sound too confident in his word choice.
When I offered privacy as a suggestion, he heartily agreed that was indeed what he had intended to say.
Unfortunately, some of my kids require too little privacy.
I experience the opposite problem regarding my sin; sometimes I think I need privacy when what I really need is mercy.
The mercy/privacy thing could potentially make a pretty terrible sermon illustration. That is, privacy does not illuminate the concept of mercy.
I don’t know….maybe he really did need mercy? You could have at least offered him a Ranger Rick magazine.
He’d fall in.
I really enjoy the word “vocabularical.” And you created a lovely alliteration with adding “vindication.” Vocabularical. Vocabularical. Vocabularical.
A friend of ours tells a story about their child’s attempts to escape justice. At the beginning and throughout the process of a spanking, this particular child would repeatedly cry “Mercy!”. It evidently made for some rather awkward discipline sessions. A vocabulary is a dangerous thing….
i think it’s sweet that a three year old is more familiar with the word “mercy” than the word “privacy.” it reflects well on your parenting, and on the environment that you allow him to be in.
My middle child made up a new way of saying “no” when she was little. Wrote a little something on that here: http://blog.visionnavigator.com/2008/07/kinder-gentler-no.html
“Vocabularical” rocks..
This is a vocaularious post.
Of course he wants privacy. You can’t drink the shampoo when your dad is watching…
“Vocabularical vindication”
It’s a gift, Abraham.