NABDad@lemmy.worldtoLinguistics@mander.xyz•How W. Labov used a bunny to examine children's language abilitiesEnglish
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2 months agoA little 6 year-old boy doesn’t talk.
His Mother takes him to the doctor, who says, “He’s fine. Just give him time.”
A couple months later, his Mother takes him to a Child Psychologist, who says, “He’s fine. Just give him time.”
A couple months later, his Mother is cooking his breakfast and she accidentally burns his toast.
Scraping the burnt toast over the sink, She thinks to herself, “He’ll never know the difference”, and she serves the toast.
As she turns back to the sink, the little boy says,“This damn toast is burnt!”
Shocked, the Mother turns and says,“What did you say?”
“This damn toast is burnt!”
She says,“Omigod! You’re talking! What happened? Why did you take so long to talk?”
“Up till now, everything was OK.”
Are they sure the helicopter didn’t just fall out a window?