Mom: “Cucumber”.
Boy: C‑u-c-u-m-b-e‑r.
Mom: Very good. Ah, ah, “barbershop”.
Boy: B‑a-r-b-e-r‑s–
Mom: No, no.
Boy: B‑e-r–
Mom: No, you were right, b‑a-r–
Boy: B‑a-r-b‑e–
Mom: It’s like a lady’s name, cause it’s a hair place.
Boy: B‑a-r-b-a-r-a-s-h-o‑p?
Mom: Close, it’s b‑a-r-b-r-a-s-h-o‑p.

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Overheard by: Daniel Drucker