Vocabulary

Some of Austen’s most frequently used words and expressions:

“Socks”
“Shoes”
“Boo!”
“Dis?”
“Dis Dat?”: What’s that?
“What’s that?”
“Cat”
“Dada”
“Mmmaa”: Mama
“Gaga: Mommy
“Duck”
“Dog”
“Mooo”
“Woof woof”
“Quack quak”
“Eeeeee!”: I want that!
“Hi!”
“Bye!”
“Uh oh!”
“Ooooo!”: Wow, look at that!
“Ball”
“Thank you” (not very clear)
“Who’s this?” (answering a phone; not very clear)
“Happy”
“Up … Down”
“That”: when Mommy is singing “…That’s Elmo’s world”
“Eyes”: when Mommy is singing “…Eyes and ears and mouth and nose”

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