This is Kaitlyn's stock punchline for any situation.
Here's an example:
Kaitlyn: Knock, knock
Me: Who's there?
K: banana
Me: Banana who?
K: Moonyake! (hysterical laughter)
Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but here's my interpretation as a dad:
Kaitlyn has extraordinary verbals skills, but she's also savvy enough to recognize that sometimes things are said that are so complex that she doesn't understand them. It sounds like gibberish to her. So, she's invented a gibberish retort that she can use when she feels her verbal abilities fall short. It makes her feel on par with the rest of the family. And that's the child psychology lesson for today.
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2 comments:
It's brilliant! I'l try it with the kiddies at school when they ask dopey questions.
"Miss, why do we have to study Shakespeare?"
"Moonyake!"
Ha ha! You really have to "sell" it--assume the attitude that you've just made an uproariously hilarious point, and imply that they listener is just ignorant if they don't get the joke...
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