For those of you not up-to-date on Wesley’s lingo here is a crib sheet:
| Wesley | English | Notes |
| airpop | airport | And yes, he knows that this is where planes are and where people go away. |
| appupb | apple | Fun to throw and bite, but not really for eating |
| bope | boat | Everything that floats is a boat. |
| bubup | bubbles | No bath is complete without bubups |
| cocoa | snowman | We read a book called “Snowmen at Night” which has a line that talks about “ice cold cocoa” so snowmen are cocoas. |
| crush | turtle | From the father turtle in Finding Nemo |
| die | fly,cry,dry | Sometimes it is a fly on Jillian who is crying. |
| dit | dip | This refers to any sauce or sauce like food you can dip the rest of your food into. May be syrup, ketchup, sour cream, salad dressing, peanut butter, etc. |
| gahk | walk, chalk, rock | How do you know which? Probably he wants all three. Otherwise he’ll point, pull, or drag you to what he wants. |
| haunt | ant | Might be my fault. I told him ants were hot. So we have hot ants = haunt.” |
| hoofoo | train | Almost ChooChoo |
| jeejee | Jillian | Now Jillian’s nickname. |
| nanny | banana | I guess nana was too traditional |
| nimanumuh | Nemo | He wants to watch Finding Nemo. You do have a copy don’t you? |
| oush | ice | Boy loves his ice |
| ooh | cow | accompanied by finger on head. Cows in Texas don’t say moo they say ooh |
| shope | sheep, sweep, rake | Sheep is getting more like sheep, but sweep (or sweeping leaves with the rake) is still shope |
| woowoo | butterfly | This one is a mystery |
He of course knows a lot more words and phrases that are pretty easy to distinguish. He also uses a number of signs either alone or in combination with his words.
