You know you’re a language obsessed when the following happens:
Elias says, “Mummy you [slight pause] found this!” and my response was, “Holy! That was the past tense! Well sone Elias!!”
Elias and Alex were playing at Daniel’s first birthday party. Onlookers included Jo (an English teacher), Jo’s dad (a linguist), Jo's mum (a teacher), Caroline (another English teacher) and me. When the boys started playing in English together, there was a flurry of whispered excitement from ALL of us. "Oh look, they're playing in English!"... "What language are they speaking? Oh! English!" and so on. It was hilarious!!! Talk about a scientific experiment!!!
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