The other day David bought himself an SD Gundam action figure. SD Gundam is some kind of Japanese cartoon that he’s seen on TV. The figure looks like a robot in bright white, red, and yellow samurai armor. We had the following conversation about it.
“I think I’ll call him ‘Ninjer’,” says David.
“You mean ‘Ninja’,” I say.
“No, I mean ‘Ninjer’,” says David.
“But that sounds like he has a ninjury,” I say.
David looks at me with withering scorn.
“Dad, you just don’t get it.”
The View from the Foothills 
It sounds to me like your son is from Boston, where it is customary to remove the R from any word (usually a food) where it is deemed unnecessary (“lobsta,” “chowda”) and add one where it is completely frivolous (“soder,” “pizzer”).
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