Upping the ante

[radegund]

Conversation in our kitchen this evening:

Radzer: (to her mother-in-law) Regard, if you will, these beautiful paintings, which I am affixing to the wall. Oisín did them when we were in Reading.
Oyster: Neh-Neh?
Radzer: Yes, that's right, we were visiting Ailbhe and Rob and Linnea in Reading.
Oyster: MY Neh-Neh! MY Neh-Neh!
Radzer: Oh, sweetheart, I'm afraid Nea's in Reading. We might see her at Christmas, if they come to stay. And you know what? They'll have a new baby.
Oyster: New beh-beh?
Radzer: Yes, they'll have a new baby.
Oyster: (thinks about this for a moment) Unny new beh-beh? Unny new beh-beh yeah!
Radzer, Niall and Niall's ma: ...