Alixandra ([info]recombinantdna) wrote,
@ 2008-03-24 11:06:00
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Entry tags:life, quotations

Sisters
1995

Natalie (5yrs): Hurry up.
Anna (18mos): I'm doing my best, Natalie, I'm doing my best.


2008

Natalie (17yrs): I'm thinking, I'm thinking.
Anna (13yrs): It hurts me when you think.


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[info]recombinantdna
2008-03-24 03:47 pm UTC (link)
Note that, at 18 mos, Anna, who should have been entering the Two Word Phase of language acquisition was well past the Telegraphic Phase said to follow and was forming full sentences. Also note her use of contraction and vocative.

My grandmother said all three of us were brilliant until we started school.

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[info]emilystar
2008-03-24 06:17 pm UTC (link)
*grin*

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