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36 comments:
LMAO! THAT WAS HILARIOUS!
Have you seen Bonnie Kraft's tape about growing up as a CODA? Her mother did the same thing you did. If you not see it, I would recommend it. Sooo funny.
Haha! That is good one! Keep vlogging!
I laughed so hard that my tummy hurts now! Yes!! Sounds like you are talking about my own boys!! Love it! I look forward to more stories!
Julie Rems-Smario
LOL so hard as laying on the floor! You should receive an Oscar award.
Indeed, more stories about CODA/KODA. Your Vlog is the best ever I enjoyed.
Nick
LMAO!!!!! My two young kids have not gotten the embarrassing moments yet.
:)
LOL! I laughed so hard....I do have many embarrassing moments with my kodas. I could not think of pick one of my favorites. I have so many favorite moments with my girls!
Thanks for sharing with us.
White Ghost
LOLL! That's incredible great :D
Oh my! That was brilliant! I bet those boys never disappeared on you without notice again!
Pretty clever of you! ROFL! I bet these boys never pulled this trick on you again, eh? ;)
Ha! Great story! Makes me wonder what stories CODAs/KODAs have about their parents!!
Yes, I called my childrens' names loud in stores when I wanted them. They were so embarrassed that they didn't want people to see them with me. lol
Awesome! That's so you! LOL.
Chuckling...
Ha! Good one!
Ha ha you are crazy! Let me share mine.... My son's name is Sam. He hate it when I call his name in the public. Why? He told me that when I yell for his name, his friend wonder why do I call him "Damn" Oops you know because of my deaf voice and I pronounce his name wrong!
Yes, our kids can embarrass us at times, I am trying to think of one but for some reason it is not coming back to my memory bank! Maybe my kids already hid it from me. I would strongly recommend you all to watch "Mother Father Deaf" by Bonnie Kraft -- maybe someone could get it on YouTube or whatever, she is absolutely funny with her stories about growing up years with her Deaf mother.
LMAO!! In your situation was almost excatly same with me when my two teenagers except one thing is that lady at a front service so I asked her to do use her voice to announce for me! Not use my own voice! LOL. Thanks!
After reading you and yours blog at Carl's site...
My kids and nephews and neices do that all the time. One that makes me laugh lots is how my nephew thinks it's funny how my sister says Vehicle. Normal way to say it is vee eh kel but the way my sister says it is vee his ti cle There is no H to use.
Super! i enjoyed to watch your stories! more more!
Eric
Chuckle. I have 2 boys myself, too, and both are teenagers. My older son was FAMOUS for disappearing as a child. He was very independent and quite adventurous. Gave me a scare several times when I couldn't find him, but I had taught him that if he ever got lost to look for people with name badges to which he had followed through. However, there was a very cool toy that he got so absorbed with that he ignored the service desk's calls with his name. When the address system failed to produce my son, the manager suggested me to call my son via the PA. I told the manager, "No way. My voice will sound unintelligble and the whole store will hear me." He smiled and wrote back, "Doesn't matter. You son knows your voice and will come." I gulped and barked "Garth!" It was ME who was embarrassed? It was obvious I was too loud! Everyone turned their heads at me! I wanted to disappear but the manager was right. My son came running, saying, "Mommy! I heard you on the PA! But you did not say Garth. You said arf! You sounded like a dog!" Oh! SO that is what I've been saying all along every time I called his name! I still say "arf" today. I could never pronounce his name right. LOL
I wish to see Bonnie Kraft's tape growing up as a CODA. I saw Bonnie and her mom shared funny stories on the stage unfortunately I couldn't see their signing as I sat in the back of the audience. I know Bonnie - luckily she interpreted for me once when I had a surgery. Bonnie is one of the
top-notched interpreters in Boston area.
LOL! Pretty funny... One Coda Interpreter told me that her Deaf parents had called out "TOILET! TOILET! TOILET!" when she was a teenager and had wandered off in the store. She was super embarrassed and ran to her parents, begging them to stop calling for her. Her parents couldn't really pronounce "Charlotte" too well. :)
Carrie Gellibrand
Haha...I laughed so hard at this one! That was a clever move of yours... now you have the ultimate advantage of your kids!! Good lesson and thanks for passing this cool tip to us deaf parents with coda kids!! Never know we might need it! LMAO
Keep up with your vlog and more stories!!
That was a good one ! It sure made me laugh :-)) Yeah, would love to hear what other have said. Hope they are willing to share with us ! Come on Koda/Coda !!
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That's so hilarious!
Aaron Carr
Hi, myself is a Deaf parent of KODA.
I did ask clerk to call my kid' name for me. And kid came embarassed. It worked for me. He he
This is funny. I have an ex that used to say public for pubic and embarrassed himself in front of family by saying "public" hair. His family said back to him (and he was a womanizer so its funny), "Maybe to YOU it is public, but to us it is pubic." ha ha ha. Then, I realized myself, gulp, I thought it was spelled public, too, but I never made that gaffe before.
Cy - that is funny about saying Arf instead of Garth. My sister in law named her daughter a name she could pronounce. I asked her about other girl's names and she nixed them because she couldn't say them...
ha ha ha ! i will do that next time if my girl runn off without let me know but last time my daugther she did run to toys dept that i knew where she will be at so when i arrvied to toys dept i decide to call her name she run and look for me told me stop stop stop dont dont use ur tone toooo embarassed then few week later i need go store i asked her want go with me she said yes then we went there she said noo noo dont want go there better at other store i asked her why becuz this store already knew ur funny voice that i dont want to see people laugh at us i told her im not embarrassed it s you ! ur own fault that u run off without let me know so lol!
awww that funny I know how koda kids feeling doesnt like parent who deaf voice sound funny well kids shall let parent to know where they re doing area so they can find kids gee.. same thing with my young daughter hate my voice guts well I cant help with my voice had high pitch not normal with hearing voice ..
Haha... only a Coda would appreciate that story... we've all been there before!!
I am a CODA, and I remember when I was a kid and when my father in a polite way, he would say he has to go bowel. But the word of bowel sounded like Bower, coming from dad.
So, while in school, our principle's name was Mr. Bower and I could never for the life of me understand why anyone would have "Bower" for a last name? LMAO! As I got older, I now understand what my father was trying to say! LOL
That was a clever idea since most hearing kids dont listen to their parents but deaf parents are able to make their kids listen especially going over the loudspeaker...lol Sorry about the death of ur lovable dog.. I also lost mine too. sniff,sniff
Hahaha, ROTFLVH! One of many bests from you! More KODA stories. My jaw bone still hurts from laughing so hard as I am writing this!
I watch your story about your sons. I do same thing but little different. I have a hearing daughter are mischeif sneak around the store. when I was look for her and she is not around me so I shout her name real loud and she come in quick and get red face. I say good girl and we leave. LOL
Oh, yes! LOL!! You are a great storyteller! I would love doing this, also. My girls know that I would dare doing this to them. Not a bad idea! Thanks!
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