This is really cute, Binka ... and totally believable both in terms of kids wanting to avoid difficult, tedious work and having (sometimes adorable!) mispronunciations. And even as a teacher, I'm equally guilty of being glad that the emphasis in English language arts has shifted away from grammar. ;) Nicely done!

Shame on those lazy little buggers! So funny! I used to have a mental list of the multisyllable words Alex pronounced in hilarious ways, but they don't happen anymore and it makes me sad.

I am always struck by how terrible it would be if I could never use English again in public. I came close to that in my life once, and I remember when a friend called us from the U.S. and my husband talked to him for about ten minutes and then hung up and said, "He said to say 'hi' to you!" I sobbed, because I had wanted to speak English so bad to someone besides my tiny immediate family. I have never been fond of the language-ban. You did make me laugh though.

That's a fun, lighter moment! Kids will be kids.

And it's even canonical, in a way, because we're told the Sindar were slower to learn Quenya, aren't we? So it was because of the "cojungation"!

This is so cute and funny! :D And I love the idea of Beleg talking bad about Quenya in the earshot of kids! Maybe even make sure they heard - and they are repeating what he says without really understanding what cojungation is. :D

hurrah ! Sindar is much prettier anyway ! i mean, those names...

Hah! I joked just a few days ago (while talking about the difficulties in spelling Quenya properly once the /th/ sound for the thúle Tengwa fell out of use, but the spelling remained as it was) that everyone was secretly relieved when Thingol issued his ban. Clearly, this includes Sindarin school kids who no longer have to bother with "cojungation"!

This made me smile.