Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 01:11:53 -0400 From: Maggie Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan Subject: Re: What a Long Strange Trip It's Been. David Wren-Hardin broke into song: <*snip*> > The great thing about kids is 1) they can't pronounce consanant > clusters very well, so sounds like "tr" come out as "f". As in > "truck." And 2) they are fine mimics. I've heard my daughter mumble > "God damn it" and "fuck" under her breath many a time. The best > teaching is by example. I know I should be going in and opening up all kinds of whup-ass when he does this, but I can't help but laugh when I hear the four year-old tell the eight year-old in the middle of a squabble: "Can you please not be an asshole?" Polite one, my boy. -- Maggie UIN 10248195 http://www.chocolatefiends.com "I will. For chocolate."