Ellie: Mommy, what spells l-p-m-u-r-c-j?

Me (interrupting): You mean, what does..xyz spell?

Ellie: What does xyz spell?

Me: XYZ does not spell anything

Ellie: What spells..

Me: What does….spell?

Ellie: What does spell p-q-j-r-n-v?

Me: What does p-q-j-r-n-v spell?

Ellie (not interested in my answer or the correction): What spells v-q-p-e-r?

Me: v-q-p-e-r spells vqper

Ellie: What spells….

Me: What DOES blank blank blank spell?

Ellie: What does blank blank blank spell?

Me: Who’s on first?

Ellie: What spells…does…spell…spells….does……A-C-R-E?

Me: Acre

Ellie: What does spell L-A-N-D?

Me: Land (now she’s clearly looking at a flyer about cash-cropping or buying acreage and is no longer pulling letters out of the air but doesn’t want me to know)