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My baby has taken over my world

So. My two-year-old is truly a 21st Century kid because she records everything I say with digital speed and hits the playback button before I can say, “Oops!”

And because I’m always saying, “Oops!” (I inherited that particular habit from my own mother), she’s saying it too. But in Adoti language it’s, “Woop!”, a word which in Adoti’s world is fluid in nature and can be applied to a variety of situations, not necessarily restricted to accidental thoughts, words or actions.

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