The "How to Speak Like Elijah" Quiz

[wanderingsoul]

Ok here's my guess.... my brain is tired now. Again some same as AZHEAT and Paint, had some of the same thoughts here.

wee-gulls......wiggles (for a toy that wiggles) or we goes (like we goes night night )
mamush.......mama’s
mikick..........milk or but possibly trying to say Mike
bous............bus
ackyew.........thank you
peash..........please
sho..............shoe
nannuz.........bananas
fo................throw (since you play baseball as in throw me the ball) or it maybe toe
doot.............boot or do it (as you probably tell him to do it)
eyesh............ice
tie-whoa........tired
cah...............car
poo..............a Hooli or pool (for swimming pool, he takes lessons)
oh-whoa........hello
chahkit..........jacket
quiche...........kiss
ni-ni..............night night
ah-yose.........adios (my nephew says ah-do) or could be –almost (you might be saying your almost done)
cho................show (like show me)

EXTRA CREDIT:

boo-rah.......... you got me I’m stumped Spent a lot of time thinking about this one!!!
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Wanderingsoul (Michelle)

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[mike]

Michelle, you got 9. Pretty good!
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[Daddee]

Okay - let's give this a shot

wee-gulls........his personal reference to "Flock of Seaguls"
mamush.........how he referrs to his oatmeal cereal
mikick............when he's playing soccer
bous..............Bonus!
ackyew..........Gesundheit!
peash............you're welcome
sho................nuff!
nannuz...........old school Mork reference
fo..................sho!
doot...............doot-dee-doot!
eyesh.............referring to mommy's diamond ring
tie-whoa.........exclamation when he sees daddy's wild ties
cah................I didn't realize he was from Boston?
poo................rather self-explanatory I think
oh-whoa.........again - fairly self-explanatory
chahkit...........check it out!
quiche............a delicious egg dish
ni-ni...............We are the knights who say....
ah-yose..........a strange cross of southern and New York "all youse"
cho.................Seriously, you should look into that sneeze

EXTRA CREDIT:

boo-rah...........Stuart Scott impersonation

So, how'd I do Mike?
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"Only small minds want always to be right."
- Louis XIV

"...haven't you lived long enough to know that two men may honestly differ about a question and both be right?"
- Abraham Lincoln

[mike]

[mike]

Any more guesses? If not, I'll post the answers tomorrow evening.
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[heather]

weeguls-seaguls
mamush- mammoth
mikick- misses
bous- boss
ackyew- askew
peash- peas
sho- sure
nannuz- manners
fo- for
doot- do it
eyesh- eyes
tie whoa- tie what
cah- car
poo- pool
oh whoa- oh what
chahkit- chew(tobacco) or shock it
quiche- quick
ni ni- goodnight
ah yose- adios
cho- chow
boo rah- brewha (beer)

[mike]

6 correct, heather. You almost, sort of, got another. You got the pronunciation, but not the spelling. No extra credit.
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[heather]

Okay Mike. I corrected the spelling. Do I still get credit?

[mike]

Not sure what you corrected, but it wasn't the right one.
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[mike]

The answers...

wee-gulls = The Wiggles
mamush = pajamas
mikick = Mickey (Mouse)
bous = balloons
ackyew = thank you
peash = please, or peas
sho = sure
nannuz = bananas
fo = four (he can count to 10, but sometimes leaves out 7)
doot = dude
eyesh = ice
tie-whoa = towel
cah = car (the accent comes from the Wiggles)
poo = pool
oh-whoa = water
chahkit = chocolate (he is Diva Boy Jr, ya know...)
quiche = keys
ni-ni = night-night
ah-yose = adios
cho = ciao' (his granddad is from Italy)

EXTRA CREDIT:

boo-rah = shoes, specifically his sandals (don't ask, we don't know why)
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[Tom Treks]

You definitely have a speech-challenged child there dudes. Now, if you'd let the wife (and yourself) out into the real world once in a while, and not mimic everything he "says", he'll be ready for NASA in a few years. You three will need major speech therapy at this rate.

[mike]

[Tom Treks]

Excuses are like "batches"... I don't need no steenking batches.

[evenstar]

Way I talk when I'm on meds!
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When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902

[Suz]