Well, actually...

Keira's favourite word at the moment is "actually". Showing her potential in a possible career in writing, she is using this word to it's fullest potential in an example of what my former writing teacher used to say: "make your verbs count". (Even though 'actually' is an adverb, it's close enough). She's beginning to sound like a right little-miss. Consider this: We're on a walk. As usual, there is a murder of crows* lined up along our power lines near our house. "Mum, what are they?" "Crows, honey" "No, they're Magpies" Impressed by her knowledge of birds, I didn't correct her. I didn't need too. She rushed on to add: "No, ACTUALLY, they're birds mum." Well, stone me too. I had no answer for that. Except to splutter, "Well, yes, you're certainly right there." Maybe she'll be a lawyer too: become master of the doublespeak and badgerer of witnesses. I'd better sharpen up my debating skills. *what an odd choice to make the collective noun of crows to be. I wonder how they chose that? Whoever 'they' are....