AJ and Dad

Jingle and dad (below), which reminds me of a story Kelly told while we were talking about tones.  In Chinese, intonation is critical.  "Ma" can mean mother, horse, ugly or it can indicate a question, depending on whether you use a high tone, rising tone, falling tone, etc.  Ba ba is Mandarin for father if you use first tone (I think), which is high and flat.  Kelly said that a father on a previous trip was delighted when his daughter kept saying "ba ba" over and over to him.  Kelly disappointed him when she pointed out that his daughter was grimacing and using fourth tone which is falling then rising.  She was telling him that she was making a number two.