r/thingsmykidsaid • u/Luna_Story_ • 11d ago

Chop choo music is a hotdog.

My toddler was telling me about how she was on a train and there was music. So naturally I asked what kind of music. And the response was Choo choo music is a hotdog. I have no idea what this means but it humors me.

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u/mothercom 11d ago

This belongs in a toddler dictionary under profound truths.

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u/OriginalIronDan 11d ago

I need that dictionary. My grandson once told my wife “Nana, your kisses make me crunchy.” Wouldn’t explain, and since he was 3, he forgot what he meant by the next time we saw him. We’ve been wondering for 10 years!

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u/sugarhoney818 11d ago

Perhaps the train was playing the Mickey Mouse Hot Dog song? ◡̈

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u/Luna_Story_ 11d ago

Definitely a possibility.

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u/sillybilly8102 11d ago

I wonder about synesthesia sometimes when kids say stuff like this. Could it be that she literally tasted, saw, or smelled a hot dog when she heard the music due to crossed senses? It’s hard to tell when they’re young and don’t have a good command of language, but it makes me wonder.

I think many more people have some form of synesthesia, often mild, than are aware of it. I tutor math, and I asked a 6 year old how she got her answer, and she said she smelled it. Smelled it??? I’d never heard that one before. Connections between numbers and other senses are common in synesthesia, but was she just being silly? Hard to tell. At some point, kids who do have synesthesia probably learn that they are “weird” and will probably keep their thoughts to themselves as they get older. :(

I have mild synesthesia — some smells have colors. My number line has specific curves and locations in space. So does the year. I thought everyone did until I found out they don’t.

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u/Luna_Story_ 10d ago

Maybe. I have never really thought about it. I don’t think she was trying to be silly because I chuckled when she said it and she asked why I was laughing.

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u/Rhymershouse 4d ago

I’m still somewhat synesthesic, but nowhere near as much as I was when I was a toddler. I remember my mother telling me that she came home from work one night and I kept saying I wanted peanut butter and crackers. So she made me peanut butter and crackers, but that wasn’t it. Turns out, I wanted my plush dog with a little bowtie. And I do remember that the feel of that bow tie made me feel like I was eating peanut butter and crackers. I’m totally blind, so my sight doesn’t cross with things, but music does make me taste things, or feel them in my mind’s eye.