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That book mentions a baby whose first word is “Toyota.” Probably somewhere in the world a baby’s first word will be “Corona.”
by mbrock 7y ago
That book mentions a baby whose first word is “Toyota.”
Probably somewhere in the world a baby’s first word will be “Corona.”
- mistersquid 7y ago> That book mentions a baby whose first word is “Toyota.” Been a while since I read _White Noise_. If my memory "serves", it's not "Toyota" and it's not a baby's first word but a meditative focalization of one of the characters on the Toyota model "Corolla".
- dpau 7y agoThe protagonist hears his daughter talking in her sleep: She uttered two clearly audible words, familiar and elusive at the same time, words that seemed to have ritual meaning, part of a verbal spell or ecstatic chant. Toyota Celica A long moment passed before I realized this was the name of an automobile. The truth only amazed me more. https://archive.org/details/whitenoise00dond/ https://archive.org/details/whitenoise00dond/
- mistersquid 7y agoNice work. Thank you.
- freepor 7y agoMy sons first multisyllabic word was “OK Google.” 15 seconds later the Google Home was unplugged and it’s still sitting on the mantel unplugged two years later.
- dpau 7y agoha! but maybe not too surprising given the origin of the word googol