Adventures in summer construction traffic: the normally two hour drive to Yiayia's house took four hours today. While the girls were mostly content to sing along to Beatles albums during the long ride, they attempted, with mixed results, to play some games together as well.
Julia had brought her magnetic "Hangman" game, but the actual success of the game was a bit hampered by the fact that Julia and Madeleine do not agree on how most words are spelled.
Madeleine, for one, was convinced that the word "hangman," which was the word she came up with for Julia to guess, is spelled "hathman." Julia's word, "quiet," was impossible for Madeleine to figure out, even with this clue:
JULIA: Madeleine, if you're in a library, you have to be ____.
MADELEINE: Uhhhh....
JULIA: If you're not noisy, you're ____.
MADELEINE: Uh, a NOISEMAKER!
On the last round, Madeleine was confident about the spelling of the word she had come up with. Julia had correctly guessed the first two of four letters, "n" and "o."
JULIA: But Madeleine? How do I even know if you're spelling it right?
MADELEINE: Julia, I *know* I'm spelling it right, because I sounded it out!
The word turned out to be "nowz." Otherwise known as "nose." After that one, the girls decided to give up on the game, as they were clearly speaking two different languages.
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