Baby talk
@allknowing (153529)
India
6 responses
@happy2512 (1266)
• Philippines
9 Dec 09
We in the family never encourage baby talk to our baby because we like the kids to talk straight right away it really works on our child she talk straight & never pass the stage of baby talk.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
3 Apr 10
Relax Happy. Take me for example. In what is my English any less than those who never spoke baby talk according to you. In my house we all went through that stage and enjoyed indulging in baby talk. To further elaborate I do freelancing and write poetry too with perfect English.
@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
10 Dec 09
Hai allknowing, nice bubbly discussion. I went back to nostalgic memories. I used to say pappitta for pepperamint, chachichu for chocolate, bikki for biscuit, bavu for milk, mum mum for food chella mutha for kiss, kooter for scooteer, oh it is never ending.
@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
3 Apr 10
Very true. Why will baby talk have adverse effect? It will not have adverse effect. As far as I know, in many houses they talk baby talk with babies and kids.
@allknowing (153529)
• India
3 Apr 10
Baby talk comes naturally when one talks to a baby. I cannot imagine talking to a baby in an adult way. Most of my family are holding senior positions and are excellent when it comes to speaking and writing English. It is folly to think baby talk will have a permanent adverse effect!!! 
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
9 Dec 09
hi babytalk I never used baby talk for my kids as I wanted them
to learn to speak correctly as I had seen kids mimic that baby talk way past when they should be learning how to use correct
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nglish. we never regretted it either as we had no problems with our children at all.
nglish. we never regretted it either as we had no problems with our children at all.@allknowing (153529)
• India
3 Apr 10
I have no regrets at all. My parents and my older siblings always talked to me in a language that only babies could understand and this has never interfered with my ability to talk and speak 'king's English' if you know what I mean!!!And just in case you need an explanation 'king's English' is English speech or usage that is considered standard or accepted.
@Wizzywig (7847)
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3 Apr 10
We tended to just use the normal words. I couldn't see the sense in calling something by one name and then calling it something else later on. Why learn two languages, one of which is basically nonsense? We saw cows, dogs and sheep (perfectly simple monosyllabic words) - not moo-cows, bow-wows and baa-lambs.
@soledadclickz (1106)
• Philippines
10 Dec 09
Hi. When I was young, I remember that my parents reprimanded me for baby talking to my younger brother and sisters. They asked me to utter the words completely and correctly. According to them, babies could learn how to speak faster and better that way.
@allknowing (153529)
• India
3 Apr 10
Everything falls in place at the right time. There is no reason why one should panic about a child doing badly in life just because of baby talk.
@besthope44 (12123)
• India
3 Apr 10
Well, they are great moments and we feel really proud to hear those baby talks. I teach her all and best moment she called mime for mummy.lol. I tell her dog as doggie , dad as dada, she loves to repeat that again.
@allknowing (153529)
• India
3 Apr 10
Go ahead besthope. Let your child remain a child for that period. She has years before her for all that adult talk.
