a a = â-Ä-ä mât tÄble fäther â-Ä-ä âpple ânts eat âpples ânts . . . Wait a minute . . . Ânts don’t eat âpples in the South. Ænts eat âpples, or even eɪʌnts eat âpples. Never ânts. The Southern accent strikes again!
Category Archives: linguistics
the english language
In all my researching and studying on language and dyslexia, I was reminded of an old Gallagher skit. It seems apropos.
it’s all greek to me
It seems not that long ago Lydia was a fast-moving toddler running up and down the halls with her cousin, Elizabeth. A short five or so years later, she’s writing her cousin’s name in Greek. Time is weird.
sharp
For the last week, I have been debating on whether I should buy the digital edition of Frozen when it came out this week or hold off another month for the physical DVD. I caved this morning and went for the digital version — the movie is just so cute. Both kids already have the […]
linguistics class
I have come to the conclusion that childhood phonics curricula and Southern accents do not mesh well. Over the course of the past year, Lydia and I have run into multiple anomalies with sounding out words versus the word as we know it. Already we have run across the pin/pen merger, feel vs. fill, and […]
synonyms and sam’s first fib
Lydia and I were having a conversation about synonyms while her and Sam took a bath. “Let’s think of some other words for ‘funny,’ ” I suggested. “Let’s see, there’s ‘hilarious,’ ‘amusing,’ . . .” “And ‘bootie,’ Lydia chimed in. ____________________________________ “I need pumpkin! I need pumpkin!” Sam shouted repetitively this evening. Back to pumpkins […]