Re: Why grammar is so complex a subject

--- Larry Sulky <larrysulky@...> wrote:

> > This seems like a bad idea, simply
> > to use one's children as experimental
> > subjects to test whether a language design
> > is workable or complete.
>
> Agreed. This is why I've started off teaching Elomi
> mainly to the
> family beagle. She has learned "aya!" already, which
> is an utterance
> of consternation, alarm, or excitement, and
> pronounces it quite well.
> She has also coined a new word herself, "awuuuuuuu",
> which seems to
> mean 'lonesome'.
>
> ---larry
>
Perhaps you need a parrot?

--gary