Jespersen Lexicon

The kids:
"Mibbles" ---translation--- pimples
"Boff"--------translation---barf
"Ti-gar"-----translation----guitar
"un-racer"---translation---eraser
"wetter"---translation---washing machine
"Low-grit"--translation----yogurt
"Mom, come look at the toilet"---translation---The toilet is overflowing.
"I don't have any socks."---translation---I'd really rather steal your socks mom.
"I didn't get any sugar on my cereal."---translation---I only got a cup of sugar.
"That makes me Boff."---translation---I don't like what we're having for dinner.
"Darren DON'T!!"---translation---Darren DON'T (difficult saying to understand even though the translation is very similar... that is to say, it is one and the same.)
"I don't feel good."---translation---I don't want to do what you are asking of me.
"Thanks mom, thanks mom, i love you mom...etc..."---translation---I love dinner tonight.
"Mom. mom. mom. mom. mom. mom"---translation---Everyone is talking at once and I want to have something to say too, even if I don't have anything to say. (*note* These short word bursts are often followed by "I forgot what i wanted to tell you.")



The adults:
"She needs you"--translation---The baby pooped her pants.
"That's discouraging."---translation---That's too bad.
"Bounder"---translation---trickster, jerk
"LOOKS were never YOUR problem."---translation---Your attitude always WAS.
"What do ya figure?"--translation---Let's talk.
"And?"---translation--- Let's talk.
"What did you find?"---translation---Are you okay? (after a child falls down to the ground)
"Good eye!"---translation---The response given when a child has told you he/she has seen something in the landscape.
"I'm so discouraged."---translation--- Tell me you love me and everything will be okay...again.
"Good idea."---translation---This is a commonly practiced response to be given to a child who has any suggestion or idea such as "Let's snuggle." or "Will you read to me?" or "Let's play flashlight tag." or "Can we make popcorn?"