The boy uses archaic, obscure words to describe his immediate world. In the words of Gene Wolfe, he speaks "in a tongue that has not yet achieved existence."
This is my attempt to chronicle his sayings into contemporary English. I worry that I am but a translator in the presence of a practitioner whose words I cannot follow and are undoubtedly laden with mysteries, revelations, and sly puzzles.
| Recorded Saying | English Equivalence |
| Baaa | Sound of ovis aries |
| Babble | Apple |
| Baby | Infant or Toddler |
| Baf/Bath | Bath |
| Bat | Bat |
| Baw | Ball |
| Bisch/Disch | Fish |
| Bite | Bite |
| Bock | Block |
| Boo | Sound of bos taurus |
| Boo | Book |
| Boof | Sound of canis lupus |
| Brrrr | It is Rather Brisk |
| Buh Buy | Bye Bye |
| Cack | Sound of anas platyrhynchos |
| Cama | Camera |
| Caw | Cow |
| Cay | Clay |
| Chee Chew | Chair Shoe |
| Da-Da | Father |
| Dat | That |
| Deef | Teeth |
| Deuce | Juice |
| Doe | Toe |
| Dok | Dark |
| Eaw | Ear |
| Eye | Eye |
| Gaee | Doggie |
| Gah | Glasses |
| Hee-Hee | You Poked My Belly Button |
| Heh | Hair |
| Hi | Greetings |
| Light | Light |
| Ma-Ma | Mother |
| Mana | Banana |
| Mek | Milk |
| Me-Me | My Manhood |
| Miao | Sound of felis cattus |
| Mich | Sandwich |
| Mmmmm | It is Scrumptious |
| Mo | More |
| Mouf Myrup | Mouth Syrup |
| *Nasal Snort* | Sound of porcus |
| No | Nose |
| Nuna | Tuna |
| Ock | Sock |
| Ott | Hot |
| Pants | Pants |
| Papa | Avocado |
| Peas | Please |
| Peep | Sheep |
| Peep | Sound of aves juvenilus |
| Pip | Sip |
| Pip | Chip |
| Poop | Excrement |
| P-P | Urine |
| Prap | Crab |
| Qi | Kitty |
| Rawr | Sound of draco |
| Spooooon | Spoon and/or Other Utensils |
| Ta Tee | Coffee Television |
| Tee | Tree |
| Tees | The Wiggles |
| Uck | Duck |
| Wah | Water |
| Wet | Wet |
| Yah | Yeah |
