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From: cjh@petsd.UUCP (Chris Henrich)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Lets finish off the pledge of allegiance ...
Message-ID: <489@petsd.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3-Apr-85 17:24:52 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  3 17:24:52 1985
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	I led the pigeons to the flag of the United States
	of America, and to the public for Richard Sands,
	one nation under cod and a vegetable,
	with liver, tea, and juice dish for all.

(It's been a hard week...)

It seems that, while children are still acquiring language,
their "error detectors" (to use no coarser phrase) are undeveloped
or suppressed - otherwise, hearing a new word or construction,
a child would think "that sounds wring" and fail to learn it.

Regards,
Chris

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