Doing-doing
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Wed Jan 5 02:22:26 UTC 2011
At 1/4/2011 01:55 PM, Patty wrote:
>This is hilarious! I just went and confirmed with my kids - I have been
>saying this for over 25 years, part of my vocabulary -- also say this to the
>dog :) To me, I now realize that it was short for 'What are you doing?
>What are you doing?' related to an active toddler and an intro from me
>that I am about to join in the fun. I say this now a lot with my terrier.
And dos he reply, "I'm doing my business"?
Joel
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