Have you ever seen someone trying to teach their baby to talk like Audrey Hepburn? I have.

I saw this woman while fabric shopping last weekend. She was in the ribbons aisle, which is a pretty enclosed space to share with one of the most annoying people in the world. It was sooo obvious she was trying to sound like Audrey, and I had to surmise that the charade (ha ha) was for the benefit of her baby.

She pronounced chocolates like "choke-lits" and strawberries like "straw-bries." Her baby was crying (I was almost in tears as well) but the mother simply spouted niceties such as "now, now, you musn't fuss." It was funny to see the baby whimper for attention and the mother talk to hear the sound of her own voice.

She was clearly American, because the accent wasn't perfect and certain words just didn't come out right. Now, even if the baby grows up sounding like Audrey, which I doubt because children living in another country don't pick up their parents accents much even if they're real, what purpose will that serve? Will it be worth having a mother who sounds like a fool?