Open Apple

Lyla was very studious this morning...


...for about 12 seconds.

Lyla's word for open is abu. For the longest time I didn't know what she was saying since her word for apple is ah-boo, which to the naked ear sounds identical despite being worth twice as many points in Scrabble (10 to 5 in case you're curious, and yes I'm aware that hyphens aren't allowed).

So Lyla would stand outside a closed door and say "Abu," and I'd say something idiotic like "Lyla, there aren't any apples in the bathroom." Then she'd cry and say "ABU" louder and pound on the door, and I'd walk to the kitchen to see if we had any apples. And that actually worked pretty well since she's so distractable.

If Lyla becomes a computer genius (I mean when, not if), will she buy an old-school Mac and refer to the Open Apple key as the Abu Ah-boo?