Comments on: The “I” factor http://www.girldetective.net/?p=371 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Tue, 12 May 2026 16:56:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Erik http://www.girldetective.net/?p=371&cpage=1#comment-3649 Erik Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:34:27 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=371#comment-3649 I quote the sage of my Saturday mornings, Daffy Duck: "Aha. Pronoun trouble." Besides, how refreshing to hang out with someone who has a healthy sense of self, but not a lot of inclination or arsenal for dwelling too much on it. I quote the sage of my Saturday mornings, Daffy Duck:

“Aha. Pronoun trouble.”

Besides, how refreshing to hang out with someone who has a healthy sense of self, but not a lot of inclination or arsenal for dwelling too much on it.

]]> By: emily http://www.girldetective.net/?p=371&cpage=1#comment-3646 emily Sat, 12 Nov 2005 20:56:32 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=371#comment-3646 This is completely normal. According to my mother, the expert, most children don't learn the use of I until at least 2 and a half. And lots of cute stories abound about exactly the kind of phrases you describe (pick you up! being one of them. As you say, they learn speech by mimicry, so best not to confuse him. This is completely normal. According to my mother, the expert, most children don’t learn the use of I until at least 2 and a half. And lots of cute stories abound about exactly the kind of phrases you describe (pick you up! being one of them.

As you say, they learn speech by mimicry, so best not to confuse him.

]]> By: Nopenname http://www.girldetective.net/?p=371&cpage=1#comment-3645 Nopenname Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:50:23 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=371#comment-3645 Lissa has just been having problems mainly right now with gender pronouns. It seems like some days she just chooses one gender and sticks with it so everyone is her or she for the day. When she started out she'd say "Help you?" when she needed help with something, now she says "You help me?" She also used to say "No, MY do it" instead of "No, I do it." I think it's so interesting to see them accquire this language skill. It's something that I wouldn't have personally thought of before as being difficult or hard to explain. Lissa has just been having problems mainly right now with gender pronouns. It seems like some days she just chooses one gender and sticks with it so everyone is her or she for the day.

When she started out she’d say “Help you?” when she needed help with something, now she says “You help me?”

She also used to say “No, MY do it” instead of “No, I do it.”

I think it’s so interesting to see them accquire this language skill. It’s something that I wouldn’t have personally thought of before as being difficult or hard to explain.

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