Speaking Fluent Muffled Muffin

(We have just given our toddler mini muffins for the first time, so he doesn’t know what they’re called yet. A few minutes later, he comes up to me.)

Son: “Want one—” *deep throat sound*

Me: “What do you want?”

Son: *makes the same deep throaty sound*

(After a few seconds, it clicks.)

Me: *to my fiancé* “Oh, my gosh, he’s making the sound you would make if you tried to talk with a thick food in your mouth! That’s what he’s decided to call muffins.”

Fiancé: “Well, you obviously understood him, so it works.”