Friday, January 16, 2009

Catholic -isms (not to be confused with Catholicism... although sometimes they end up being the same thing)

A new one to be added to the treasury is this:

Regarding Ring-Around-the-Rosie, a Catholic preschooler may, when referring to that beloved childhood pasttime, mispronounce it as "Ring-Around-the-Rosary."

And since I consider such misunderstandings to err less on the side of irreverence and *much* more on the side of oh-my-goodness-that-is-so-cute-how-could-i-possibly-correct-that?-i-wish-he'd-stay-4-years-old-forever, I smile in my heart and we play anyway.