Real Life Anecdotes About Words

"An average person speaks around 123 words per minute and a successful salesperson speaks 253 words per minute and my mom speaks 309 words per minute. Now I realize why "mothertongue" is called so."My 3 year old son's clarity about the words "Breakfast, lunch and dinner" made me embarrassed. I defined my son, "You have to have a light breakfast, heavy lunch and mild dinner". Last week we were having dinner with one of my close relatives and my relative was actually hungry and had ordered a heavy dinner. My son said, "Dad, I think he(my relative) is having lunch, not dinner"My son saves lot of my energy. He knows exact words and phrases I use when he does a mistake and he says those words and phrases to himself on my behalf. Last evening, he spilt a cup of milk; I looked at him and he continued with a harsh tone to himself, “HOW MANY TIMES DID I TELL YOU TO BE CAREFUL. LOOK, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. WILL YOU PLEASE BEHAVE YOURSELF?” then, turned towards me and said, “Isn’t it dad?”