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minus-squareHegar@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoBaby-talk is a universal human phenomenal and almost certainly plays an important role in helping kids learn language. The implication that not using baby talk somehow unlocks rapid development of language is simply not true.
minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoBut it’s very funny to respond to babies babbling nonsense with “yes, I see, an intriguing point.”
minus-squarejwt@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoConversely, it’s also very funny to respond to self-important adults babbling nonsense with baby talk.
Baby-talk is a universal human phenomenal and almost certainly plays an important role in helping kids learn language.
The implication that not using baby talk somehow unlocks rapid development of language is simply not true.
But it’s very funny to respond to babies babbling nonsense with “yes, I see, an intriguing point.”
Conversely, it’s also very funny to respond to self-important adults babbling nonsense with baby talk.