Speaking Beniese

If you are planning a visit here soon (which we would love) or a phone call with Ben, I thought you might like this helpful "Beniese" dictionary of terms:


Hack means Jack (he will say "Jack" when he is talking about other friends called Jack, but for some reason he continues to call his brother Hack)
Hat means Jack (when he is REALLY trying to get his attention)
chunny means funny ("Hey, that not chunny!")
shit means fish (no he is not going around cursing...but for some reason this word sounds very much like shit right now)
peed means speed (cause for alarm when he was yelling "I got peed" in the pool...then we all realized he was talking about his "peed boat")
lello nade means "yellow" (has to be yellow) lemonade
tishes means kisses (as in "no more tishes mommy")
tank you means thank you ("tank you, tank you everybody" then he takes a bow??!)
aden means again (as in "what dat mean aden?")
nack means snack (he wants one every five minutes)
yet has double meaning..."yes" ("yet, I want that nack") and yet("I'm not ready to go to bed yet!)
wizards another double meaning word...lizards ("Mommy, did you see that brown wizard?") and wizard (as in "Harry Potter is one great wizard")

He probably needs a little speech therapy, but for now it makes me laugh/smile...just thought I would share about my chunny little guy....