Re: English diglossia (was Re: retroflex consonants)

That's the thing... all the stuff I learned and was fascinated by as a small
child, I was learning as much by being read to and by listening to adult
conversation, as I was reading heavy stuff like encyclopedias... my sisters
were both just as interesting as small children as I was (in terms of how
much adults liked to talk to them about things that don't normally interest
3-year-olds) and neither of them learned to read until they were done with
the equivalent of first grade.  Caroline is exactly where I was at 16 --
she's in her senior year of high school, I mean -- and is actually ahead of
where I was then, because she's been taking college courses since last
January (Japanese, English, and Anthropology, so far).  I don't think she
missed out on anything.

Of course, I also went to college early, and have warned all my siblings
that it's not so great (and not for the stupid reasons my dad gave, like how
you really should be 18 and stuff) -- it's not like it's a race to see who
can be the first to finish Joyce's Ulysses, y'know?

Sarah Marie Parker-Allen
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> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of Douglas Koller, Latin & French

For advocates on the other side of the
> divide, it's like the time you're "wasting" or "losing" while
> learning to read in school could be spent on developing
> ground-breaking theories in biophysics, reading James Joyce instead
> of Dr. Seuss, or modernizing the motherland. It's not a concern I
> share.
>
> Kou
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