Shoop!

I got to watch Uncle Grant try to teach Matthew the correct pronunciation of "horse" this morning. (Daddy has already spent many hours on this without success, so naturally it warmed my heart to watch others fail too.)

"Shoop!" Matthew says, pointing to a painting of a stagecoach on the wall. "Shoop!"

"Horse!" Uncle Grant corrects. (As an ex-English major, Uncle Grant is a stickler for these things.)

"Shoop!" "Horse!" "Shoop!"

"Okay," I can see Uncle Grant thinking. "We've got to break this down."

"Ho!" says Uncle Grant. "Ho!" repeats Matthew. "Ho!" "Ho!"

On to the next step: "Whore!" "Whore!" This is the first time I cracked up.

"Whore-suh!" "Whore-SUH!" Matthew liked that SUH at the end.

"Horse!"

"Shoop!"

Uncle Grant threw in the towel.