Nicknames and Grammar (Jerz’s Literacy Weblog)
While I was at home with my son, my wife took our three-year-old shopping. “We’ve got a lot of things to get,” she said, “so we’d better get a move on, Honeycakes.”
In a strangely mature and clipped voice, Carolyn replied, “Peter isn’t here. So I am just one honeycake.”
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