My niece refers to herself as "you" because she doesn't understand that when people refer to her as "you", that isn't her name.
She's 27 years old...
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They understand almost everything long before they say their first words.
huh?
I think it's talking about parents who say "say daddy" to the baby. If the baby was just parroting back, they would say "say daddy" back, but if they just say "daddy", then it implies that they know what "say" means
I think it's trying to imply that Only a sociopath wouldn't understand the mechanism.
The guy in the picture is Dokes from the TV show Dexter. He's the only one that recognized there was something wrong with Dexter.
I think you're reading too much into the meme format 😅
The very first document my daughter received by mail after she was born was her Tax ID. Thank you, Finanzamt.
The state has recognised your Daughter.
Can't remember where I heard this, but I believe the terms themselves evolved around common infant mouth sounds. Hence why so many languages use the term "mama" for mother.
The baby makes random sounds, meaning is ascribed to them by the parents, the baby is given positive feedback and starts to make those sounds more frequently, and then the meaning eventually sticks for the child once they actually begin developing language.
This is what I’ve heard as well. Ba/~~Da~~/Ma/Pa are the first sounds we interpret as “words” coming from babies.
My first words were "boba" and "kiki" but my parents were both abstract two-dimensional shapes so that might have affected things.
not Da as that is not bilabial
What about dad's labia?
Is Ma?
According to (German) Wikipedia M is not part of the list of bilabial sounds
If you can make an ‘m’ sound with only one lip I would certainly like to hear it.
I was thinking the same
But I've never heard that word before and just looked it up in Wikipedia. And there they state to list all of them, but I didn't see an 'm' - which I would put in as well, if I understood the definition correctly
That's my point, I'm not sure, if I miss something here or the article just isn't correct/complete
Who says say?
Say what?
CHICKEN BUTT
Say what again! I dare you. I double dare you motherfucker, say what one more goddamn time!
Say my name.
If no one is around you, say baby I love you
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The first words from mine were... NO!! LOL
Oh mine's kinda the opposite. First word was "Thank you" (or "aitäh" actually)
Of course "thank you" is said when giving or receiving as well as when asking for something. And there was one time the smartass decided to say "thank you" and jump towards me from the couch.
Emphasis, most likely
You learn the simple things first, and the hard stuff only when you realize you absolutely must learn them.
My guess is that understanding language is just a brain thing, and formulating and speaking language is a brain and motor skills thing
My son would've learned: "It's Daddy.", "I'm Daddy." instead.