Stories Collected While Living in France

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Out of the Mouth of Babes

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My brother's four-year-old daughter was playing by his side while he was tinkering in his shop. At one point he accidentally dropped something on his finger. He bites his tongue trying not to spill out the familiar swear words in front of his daughter. Instead, he moaned and groaned, blabbering nonsense. His daughter trying to be helpful tugged at his sleeve and offered, "Daddy I think the word you are looking for is Damn-it. Say Damn-it, Daddy and you'll feel better." My brother really groaned after that.

Photo: My niece covering her mouth.

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46 responses to “Out of the Mouth of Babes”

  1. Marie-Noëlle

    Is that my “American-word-a-day” lesson?
    Learning a lot!
    I adore this photo… When I first saw it, within one second, I imagined Molly saying “Doux Jésus!”…

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  2. nel

    out of the mouths of babes…so adorable!

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  3. Jeanne

    How sweet and precious all that you share with us.
    I love the photo as well.
    Love you
    Jeanne

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  4. patpaulk

    “Out of the mouths of babes…” Little tape recorders, waiting for the prime opportunity to turn on and play back!!

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  5. Paris Parfait

    Adorable story (but probably not for your brother). And very sweet photo.

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  6. darla

    Oops! HAHAHA Thanks for the laugh this morning.
    Darla

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  7. endment

    What a hilarious story — Good for more than one laugh! Sorry about The finger!!!

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  8. Star

    Kids don’t miss a thing, do they? That’s a sweet picture of your niece.

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  9. constance

    Children have a way of cuttin’ to the chase don’t you think? What a nice emotional bandaid of laughter.
    Hope you’re having a good time Corey.

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  10. pam aries

    Hee Hee Kids have no qualms! THat is s ofunny!

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  11. Brother Mathew

    My niece gets many opportunities to discover “new” words since my brother is a real ham-fisted-back-yard-mechanic.

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  12. risa

    hee hee! kids rock.

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  13. cruststation

    Beautiful picture, I love talking to children they learn so quickly and often come out with the funniest things (love the title).

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  14. meredith

    That’s funny and unfortunately one of the english words my girls know.

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  15. stephanie

    Oh yes! Out of the mouths of babes!
    I am enjoying your images and posts of your visit home…how these visits touch us so deeply.

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  16. Gypsy Purple–Chamara

    How precious!!!
    Is it she in the picture??

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  17. kristen robinson

    Corey this is so funny they are little sponges aren’t they…there have been a couple instances in the car when my 5 yr old has uttered a not so nice word.
    XO
    Kristen

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  18. Pat Spiller

    Too cute. Too precious. What a doll.

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  19. Jeanette

    My 2yr old daughter Teresa just said that the other day when she dropped her M&M’s on the floor! I turned around and said what did you just say? And the a great big smile of how proud she was of her new word she repeated it. I just wanted to laugh, but didn’t then turned to Daddy he laughed and said that is Pappa’s word, so talk to your Dad. What can I say Pappa’s must teach their grandchildren something! No more helping Pappa in the shop! LOLOL I can remember by Dad saying it also and Mom giving him the look. Hoping your visit is a good one.
    Jeanette

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  20. Linda

    At least it wasn’t the “s” word. Cute age, 4.

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  21. MB

    This one goes into the family story archives, yeah? Very funny.

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  22. AnnieElf

    Priceless!!

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  23. Carol

    Ha ha just how cute is this lol! I’m so happy for you Corey that you can spend quality time with your beloved US Family again! xox

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  24. sophie :)sophi

    funnnnnny!!!!!!!!!
    the picture is wonderful –
    i love it!

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  25. Teresa Sheeley

    Adorable! I remember saying that when I was young and getting in major trouble. Lol, so cute.

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  26. tut-tut

    Beautiful photo! Don’t children have their finger on the pulse, though?

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  27. tinker

    Perfect photo for this post – and yes, sometimes it does help, doesn’t it? lol

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  28. sarala

    Great story. I hope you are enjoying your visit home.

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  29. phyllis

    You are fortunate to have a blog record of these things…I’m straining to remember all of the nephewy/neicey words and stories…

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  30. diana

    out of the mouth of babes… I swear some of these babies come out of the womb sooooooooo wise.

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  31. tommiea

    oh my…..what a great photo for the story!

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  32. Vanessa

    I love it! What a doll.

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  33. Lisa Oceandreamer

    How absolutely adorable and oh so funny – your niece was actually quite right! lol!
    I bet it’s a joy being around all the nieces and nephews.
    XOXO

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  34. susanna

    Hah! I bet your brother groaned AND stifled a laugh after hearing her say that!

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  35. candy

    Priceless!!

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  36. Regina Clare Jane

    Hee hee hee…

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  37. Alison Whittington

    Great photo, hilarious story and terrific juxtaposition of photo and story! Funny!

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  38. CathyC

    Too funny! My husband threatened to call my mother the other day when he heard my 3 yr old say shit, (he used it correctly, BTW). Anyway, I had to remind him, that I got that word from her.

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  39. katkat

    I said a bad word Saturday when I pinched my finger in a door and my 3 yr old gave me a time out.

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  40. gracie

    Another stunning photograph… and lovely in sepia. Sometimes there just isn’t a better word….

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  41. Nancy, aka Bookfool

    Oh, goodness, out of the mouths of babes is right! That’s just priceless!

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  42. Rethabile

    LOL! I have two myself so I can relate.

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  43. mimi

    a fish swam in a big lake and suddenly hit a wall. and what did the fish say? DAM(N)! (works better when spoken because of the ambiguity.)

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  44. Anastasia

    haha how very clever!! kids amaze me ….adorable!

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  45. Amber

    LOL!
    Oh. I hate to think what MY kids would have thought would be helpful. HA!
    🙂

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  46. Blue

    She is an angel.
    I think children pick up more than we realize.
    I loved this story, as my 2 year old is coming out with some really funny things these days. It’s nice when they call it like it is.
    xo

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