PEE-TAH

Earlier this week Gusi told me how his teacher at school had read them a story that day. This is how our conversation went.

Gusi: Mami, my teacher read a story today, she always reads two stories.
Me: Really sweetie, what was the story about?
Gusi: It was about a boy named Pee-tah.
Me: And what did this Peter do?
Gusi: No Mami, Pee-tah not Peter.
Me: That's what I said, Peter.
Gusi: No Mami, you said Peter but my teacher says Pee-tah.
Me: Oh, I see, well what did Pee-tah do in the story?

Gusi goes on to tell me the story where all the names have British accents. Amazing how he's learned to distinguish accents in English already; my American one is not as cool as his teacher's British one. I cracked up at the thought of this child knowing only a couple of words in English just a few short months ago and now he's going to learn proper English--nay, the Queen's English!