DS7 was an early talker. He was 6mths when I saw him in quick succession look out the window onto the rooftop of the next building to say "buh" (bird) and then looking down the road to say "boowoowoo, kah" ("Car"). His nanny/helper had told me he was speaking and I actually brought out the "What to Expect" book to refute her. Till I heard it. (I was working so much at the time so I wasn't home much). By the 7th or 8th month, he kept pointing to things to say in our language, "what's that?"
And yeah, I totally vote "humour" to the original poster. At 12mths, DS loved doing the drop-the-toy-from-the-highchair-stunt. If anyone of us professed irritation, he'd say "chust choking!" ("Just joking"). Or to the person feeding him, he'd offer a piece of food and say "say please!", whereupon he'd pop the food into his mouth and laugh his head off. I remember having a conversation about why his nany had to leave when he was 14mths. Poor kid was really sad.
I never counted words - didn't know what to expect (despite owning the book :P) from a kid, and much less that there was something called giftedness, till much later.
