My sons first multisyllabic word was “OK Google.” 15 seconds later the Google Home was unplugged and it’s still sitting on the mantel unplugged two years later.
> That book mentions a baby whose first word is “Toyota.”
Been a while since I read _White Noise_. If my memory "serves", it's not "Toyota" and it's not a baby's first word but a meditative focalization of one of the characters on the Toyota model "Corolla".
The protagonist hears his daughter talking in her sleep:
She uttered two clearly audible words, familiar and elusive at the same time, words that seemed to have ritual meaning, part of a verbal spell or ecstatic chant.
Toyota Celica
A long moment passed before I realized this was the name of an automobile. The truth only amazed me more.
Probably somewhere in the world a baby’s first word will be “Corona.”