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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Meh, Adam is obnoxious but correct

[–] Ledivin 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Correct but obviously exaggerating. I'd love to hear his not-quite-2-year-old daughter "using" 4-syllable words πŸ™„

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I’m not a wordologist. Do words become harder to say when they’re longer? I mean, alalalalalong has 6 syllables.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Longer words are harder for children to get right.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But it's so easy!

alalalalalonglonglilonglonglong

...damn, I messed up somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Bob Marley is that you?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

This kid tries to repeat apple and banana

https://youtu.be/RROFR3EDCEk

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

most people seem to be unable to pronounce anything longer than the word "pronounce".

repeat after me kids! Supercallifragilisticexpiallidocious!

[–] Tyfud 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I mean, California, and other states, are 4 syllable words.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Can push California to 5 syllables if you really want to.

[–] Tyfud 6 points 2 months ago

Are you attacking my cultural heritage of slurring words like a drunk ferret?

[–] idiomaddict 2 points 2 months ago

Yep. Maybe the sister’s named Elizabeth (and they obviously didn’t accept any nicknames)

[–] LurkyLoo 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Obnoxious, but also NOT correct. As another poster pointed out baby talk does serve a purpose in language development, and is a pretty universal part of child rearing. It's not some recent cultural phenomenon that's holding people bad from their full potential (or whatever BS this person is trying to imply). Using big words or skipping the baby talk stage doesn't lead to more rapid or better development.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A better vocabulary is learned somewhere. Adopting an upbeat tone was always sufficient for me to hold toddlers attention.

[–] Maggoty 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The image conflates baby talk and vocabulary. Baby talk is the tone, not the words. So you did it correctly, good vocabulary with an upbeat tone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

very good, sounds legit. This may seem a on sequiter, but are you no longer farting in a maggoty way?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

that was just, like, their opinion, man