Malapropisms

Do you know what that is? It's saying a word the wrong way. My youngest daughter and I were on our way to a movie and she said that she scored well on the "stimulator". I asked her what that was, thinking the worst, and she said it was a machine where you fake drive. Oh, the simulator?, I said. Yeah, that's it. When I was younger, I always thought it was "Old Timer's Disease" instead of Alzheimer's. It made sense to me because it affected old people and I just thought they had a disease. When I was REALLY young, there was a song I used to sing called, "Little purple pansies touched with yellow gold" but I thought it was little purple "panties" touched with yellow gold, which again made sense if a little girl had an accident... Why am I thinking this? Communication plays such an enourmous role in our lives and we spend so little time trying to perfect it with those around us and, especially, with those we love the most. I know I am so guilty of that. I need to work on my communication. I need to be patient, listen and just close my mouth. I would learn a lot if I did that. I have so much to learn. The more I learn, the less I know.... Anyway, there are several malapropisms that are rampant in our family. I guess each family has their own idiosyncracies and I love the ones that we have and share. It's fun to understand each other, in spite of ourselves at time. As the say in spanish, "Bring us snow shoes" (buenas noches)!