Re: CHAT: English is SO HARD, even the English can't speak it

In the last episode, (On Friday 06 July 2007 09:11:44), Carsten Becker wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 08:34:02 -0400, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
>
> wrote:
> >My 3.5-year-old has trouble
> >with "tr", which comes out as "fr" (if we're lucky.  "Truck", an early
> >acquisition, still often comes out with no R at all...).    He's also
> >had some issues with POA-switching; he used to excitedly point out
> >"hekicopters" or even "kekicopters" in the sky, and he still requests
> >"bamanas".
>
> I said _atnem_ for _atmen_ (still when I was ~5 y/o) and when we went to
> Yugoslavia for holidays when I was three, I always told about _Gusjalawien_
> instead of _Jugoslawien_.
>
> Carsten
I'm finding this all fascinating. Thanks for your contribs.

Jeff
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