I've been debating whether to use English terms with Joshua or American. Cape Town is quite British, but YWAM Muizenberg has a lot of Americans. I therefore want Joshua to have a grasp of both American terms and British so that he doesn't feel alienated when a babysitter says: "let's change your diaper".
This morning, walking to creche with him, it was rush hour, with lots of traffic. Joshua pointed and said, "lorry", I said, "yes, well done, Joshua, that's right". I then said, "it's also called a truck..." to which he said, "kuk, kuk" (not being able to pronounce the 'tr' sound yet). However, it sounded awfully like 'kok', which, when said out loud appeared that he was swearing!
So when I walk into creche, his first words to the teacher was: "Daddy and Joshua saw a kok".
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