Poop and other words.

Dear Henry Albert

People around you make noises and smile and look happy because they love you. Most of the noises come from their mouths. (Some don’t.)

A lot of the noises are words. And this is part of how we learn to talk. Talking is good (sometimes). Words help you name things and communicate and think.

We speak English. English can be very confusing. Some words have more than one meaning. I notice that your Mommy and Daddy and Grandmas use the word “poop” a lot.

Poop is one of those confusing words. Poop can mean a lot of things. It can be a verb, like to poop. Or it can be a thing, like a doo-doo. Or if you get tired you can be pooped. That doesn’t mean you get poop on you, it means you are tired. Do you know that they call part of a sailing boat the poop deck? (Not the poop dreck.) Ask your Mommy and Daddy, “Why?”

Some people blame the doggie for poop sounds.

Then there are words like flabbergasted and mind boogling (or is it mind boggling?) and flamboozled. It can make you confused and disgruntled when you would rather be gruntled.

Ask your father about Alfred J. Korzybski and the Institute for General Semantics.
Also … poop has a special websites.

http://www.heptune.com/poop.html http://www.smellypoop.com/poop.html

http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/yuckystuff/poop/js.index.html