Unschooling is Learning That Never Stops

We were all driving home from a grocery shopping expedition last weekend. Even the geek had been pried away from his beloved computer tweaking and was only reading one book and talking on one of his cell phones giving us his full attention.
“What does ish mean?” Daughter said.

“Sorta.” Son said.
“Well, in a Dr. Who episode, -Ish was a sentient word which was trying to remove all meaning from language, but thanks to Dr. Who’s transgalactic babel masters, language is saved and -Ish is sent into conceptual space with the longest word in the world and the man who loves that word. And Dr. Who gets into trouble over money.” Geekdaddy said.
“It’s a suffix meaning somewhat or about or reasonably. Like if you’re going to meet someone, you might say that you’ll meet them around nine-ish. Or you might be just a little hungry, so you say you’re a tad peckish.” I said.
“So, if you’re really hungry, you’re peck?” Daughter asked.
“Maybe that’s not the best example. Can anyone think of a better one?”
“Butterdish.” Son said. “Like my toast is when you put the butter on it in that thin little layer that sinks into the bread and it’s like eating saltines. […]

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