You say Potato and I say ....

You know the old saying (it was actually lyrics to an old song)...You say Potato and I say Potahto; you say tomato and I say tomahto, so on and so forth. Well, in our house one little person (who shall be referred to hereafter as Thing One) pronounces that much beloved furry red monstor by his given name; Elmo and the other little person (who shall hereafter be referred to as Thing Two) pronounces his name Elma. I am sure you can guess by the amount of time that thing one and thing two have watched Elmo who is mispronouncing the name.

Well today, Thing One wanted to watch Elmo and started begging for a DVD to be turned on in the car and then thing two joined into the chorus of pleas. She was yelling Elmo and he was yelling Elma. Instead of being happy that Thing One had Thing Two on her side she became upset that he was calling her man, Elma!

Thing One: "Ethan, he not Elma, his name is Elmo!"

Thing Two: "Elma!"

Thing One: "Mom..Dad... Ethan is saying Elma!!" She was not a happy camper...

Thing Two: "Elma...Elma...Elma!!"

Mom: "It's OK Katie...he thinks that he is saying Elmo." :)

Thing One was not happy at all about any of this, no matter what Thing Two thought.

As the song ends... Potato, Potahto, Tomato, Tomahto...Let's call the whole thing off!!