Nora Word of the Week - Barracuda
Or as Nora pronounces it - Barry Kudah. I doubt if Nora knows what the word means. But she has certainly heard it a bunch lately - what with our Governor Sarah Palin so much in the news. Not sure myself if a barracuda is actually a vicious tropical fish with very sharp teeth or a pit bull wearing lipstick. Maybe both.
Lately at speech therapy Nora has been concentrating on learning key sounds and how to position her tongue against her teeth etc rather than just learning new words per se. Learning how to annunciate - 'f' s and 's's in particular. Barracuda has a nice 'b' sound and good rolling 'r' for Nora to practice on. Nora certainly likes to say the word - she spits it out with a certain panache that brings a smile to my face. Patrick
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