Thursday Theater – Daniel’s Dialect

It’s a free-for-all here at Thursday Theater.  No theme, no challenge. Just video.  If you’re so inclined, add yourself to Mr. Linky!

For today, I captured a tiny smidgen of Daniel’s non-stop chattering.  He’s very verbal, talks non-stop.  He’s stringing together longer combinations of words, and not just a constant repeat of “bus! bus! bus! big bus!”  Though he does that, too.  Until you repeat it back to him.

I find listening to talkative toddlers reminds me of watching movies like Trainspotting or The Full Monty, where the actors have a really heavy accent.  The first few minutes of the movie, especially if you haven’t seen it in a while, and you’re not entirely sure they’re actually speaking English.  But once you get used to it and have some context, you can understand it, no problem.  Toddlers are like that.  If you aren’t around them very often, or they’re saying something without obvious context, then it feels like you’re in French class and didn’t study hard enough. The word sounds vaguely familiar, but you have no fricking clue what it is.  But once you’re in the groove, they’re actually saying quite a lot of things for you to understand.

Anyways, here’s a little bit of Mr. D.

Daniel’s Dialect from Goddess in Progress on Vimeo.