A second grader came home from school and excitedly told her mother, “We learned how to make babies today.” Surprised, the mother asked how, and the girl explained, “It’s simple—you just change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add ‘es.’” She was referring to a spelling rule about how to make words plural, such as changing “baby” to “babies.” The mix-up was a humorous misunderstanding between the child’s school lesson and her innocent interpretation.
