words about words

pooja (in a broad northern accent): "you're having fun with them tah-mah-toes"
me: "haha, them tah-mah-toes..."
pooj: "what would you say? them tah-MAY-toes?"
me: "um, we wouldn't say them anything"
pooj: "ohhh THOSE tah-mah-toes"
pooja slaps herself on the hands. if only everyone could be as committed to their grammar.

another conversation:
trang: "what's that word...for when you put blood outside?"
me: "blood? outside?!"
pooj: "a scab?"
trang: "no, animal blood."
.......the word she wanted was "congeal". the conversation didn't make any more sense with context.