Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Denver Mods 7/26/84) 6/24/83; site drutx.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!drutx!slb
From: slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Nice things about kids
Message-ID: <274@drutx.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 15-Oct-85 18:31:32 EDT
Article-I.D.: drutx.274
Posted: Tue Oct 15 18:31:32 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 17-Oct-85 00:20:37 EDT
Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver
Lines: 21


One nice thing about kids is the way they can make you look in 
new ways at language.

For instance, my first one, who is now 18, developed her own
word at the age of 3.  The word was puh-buh-buh.  It was a really
handy word which denoted a change of state in an object.  For
instance, "puh-buh-buh door" meant "open the door" or "shut the
door", depending on its current state.  She used this with "water",
"book", "light", "TV", "music", and anything else that had two states.
Ever since then, I've thought English should have this word--why
don't we?
-- 

                                     Sue Brezden
                                     ihnp4!drutx!slb

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I march to the beat of a different drummer, whose identity,
   location, and musical ability are as yet unknown.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~