Re: So, when did you stop beating your house?
| From: | Irina Rempt <ira@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 13, 1999, 21:07 |
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On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, John Cowan wrote:
> Is it plausible that when mothers sing to their (non-infant) children,
> the children don't have a clue what the lyrics are about?
In a general sense? Yes. I sing to my three- and five-year-olds in a
lot of languages that they don't understand; also "grown-up" songs in
medieval Dutch that they understand only part of.
Irina
Varsinen an laynynay, saraz no arlet rastinay.
irina@rempt.xs4all.nl (myself)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/frontpage.html (English)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/backpage.html (Nederlands)