Nuances of the English language

"A 3-year-old's vocabulary typically is between 200 and 300 words, and many kids begin to string words together in short sentences." KidsHealth.org. I don't know how many words are in Soren's vocabulary at this point nor do I have time to count them but he is well beyond short sentences. He has jumped beyond simple concepts into quite complex ones, asking very very direct questions and expecting detailed answers. One of his favorites of late goes something like this: "Mom, is this made of glass or plastic? If I throw it into the sink will it break? How do they make glass? NOT out of sand! Really, out of sand? Do they make it hot? With fire? Do the fireman have to come? If I throw it in the sink will it catch on fire with sand and the fireman will have to come and we'll have to say "aaah the fireman have come" and run out of the house on our bellies, then go back in to get daddy, and he'll say "ah the fireman have come" and then there will be an EMERGENCY! ... Mom, can I throw this plate in the sink?" Sounds like an exaggeration I suppose only it's totally not and we had to recently purchase nonbreakable plates. Teaching someone to speak seems easy enough except Soren has yet to grasp some of the nuances of the English language, like homonyms. It's amazing any of us ever learn to talk. Do we really EVER grasp all of English's nuances anyway? It certainly makes for some funny conversations with him these days. Grandma: "I think that's a male cat." Soren: "A mail cat? Cat's don't deliver the mail grandma! The mailman does!" Soren: "Dad, I saw a pooping cat in our flowerbed!" Daddy: "Ew. Did you shoo it away?" Soren: "No, I didn't have any shoes on. I just said "GO AWAY POOPING CAT GET OUT OF MY DAD'S FLOWERBED, like that dad." (Yes, both those stories coincidently are about cats. What can I say? Cats are interesting to him.) Soren trying to put together a puzzle. Mom: "Why don't you try the hole below it?" Soren: Blows on the puzzle piece and tries the same slot again. Mom: "No BEEELOOOW it." Soren: "I AM BEEELOOOOWWWing it MOM!" Yeah, stupid mom.