childish pronunciations
| From: | Brian Betty <bbetty@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 12, 1999, 14:57 |
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On 3-12-99, Nik Taylor wrote: "Speaking of childish pronunciations, my
first word was /'ki.ki/ = "kitty" (yes, even before "mama" or "dada"!),
with assimilation of place for the second consonant."
Even before 'mom' and 'dad,' hunh? My first word was even less social -
bird. My dad does a good impression of me in my crib, but I am absolutely
unable to write it down phonetically, much less in email code.
(8-o) (the surprised Orangutan face)
BB
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