Comments on: Grandma and all that http://www.tarkblog.org/general/314 The personal writings of Caleb and Annie Tennis Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:01:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: bigD http://www.tarkblog.org/general/314#comment-828 bigD Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:37:48 +0000 http://www.tarkblog.org/general/314#comment-828 poopoo! poopoo!

]]> By: corbin http://www.tarkblog.org/general/314#comment-824 corbin Fri, 24 Mar 2006 23:52:41 +0000 http://www.tarkblog.org/general/314#comment-824 one note about parents calling each other mom and dad. when i was a kid, and realized that my mom and dad had real names, i thought that was cool as fuck, so i started calling them larry and jami...well they didn't like that, so to keep us from doing that, they started calling each other mom and dad. that stopped when we were old enough to realize they didn't want us calling them by their names. one note about parents calling each other mom and dad. when i was a kid, and realized that my mom and dad had real names, i thought that was cool as fuck, so i started calling them larry and jami…well they didn’t like that, so to keep us from doing that, they started calling each other mom and dad. that stopped when we were old enough to realize they didn’t want us calling them by their names.

]]> By: celeb http://www.tarkblog.org/general/314#comment-822 celeb Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:46:24 +0000 http://www.tarkblog.org/general/314#comment-822 Sorry - I didn't mean to target your specific entry. I'm not against the use of mama and papa. I am against the use of "grampy" and "mah-maw". Sorry - I didn’t mean to target your specific entry. I’m not against the use of mama and papa.

I am against the use of “grampy” and “mah-maw”.

]]> By: Viviane http://www.tarkblog.org/general/314#comment-821 Viviane Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:39:26 +0000 http://www.tarkblog.org/general/314#comment-821 Caleb, just to clear up a language issue that might have led to this blog: Mama and Papa are NOT baby language or baby terms to address parents in Germany. They are NOT equivalent to English baby words such as dada or poopoo. They are simply among the more loving and gentle names you can use to address parents in my native tongue. Also, my parents didn't perpetuate any baby talk or nor did they fail in teaching me language. In fact, I started speaking clear adult words at nine months old and used complete sentences by 18 months of age. At that time and until I started kindergarten, I spoke perfect High German completely free of any regional dialects. Furthermore, because my mom did so wonderfully with my early language development, I am now bilingual. I also used to speak nearly fluent Russian which I have lost over the past 10 years due to non-use. I also successfully studied French for two years. Caleb, just to clear up a language issue that might have led to this blog: Mama and Papa are NOT baby language or baby terms to address parents in Germany. They are NOT equivalent to English baby words such as dada or poopoo. They are simply among the more loving and gentle names you can use to address parents in my native tongue.

Also, my parents didn’t perpetuate any baby talk or nor did they fail in teaching me language. In fact, I started speaking clear adult words at nine months old and used complete sentences by 18 months of age. At that time and until I started kindergarten, I spoke perfect High German completely free of any regional dialects.

Furthermore, because my mom did so wonderfully with my early language development, I am now bilingual. I also used to speak nearly fluent Russian which I have lost over the past 10 years due to non-use. I also successfully studied French for two years.

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