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Daniel de Kadt
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Political-ish scientist-ish. Theories are internally inconsistent. Research designs implausible. Failing to balance D&D and R&R. 🇿🇦🇺🇲🤷‍♂️

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    Daniel de Kadt‏ @dandekadt Jan 28
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    Daniel de Kadt Retweeted Adam Lane Smith

    My wife and I never talk baby talk to our kid. We enforce academic seminar norms and jargon. My child isn’t even 2 yet and can interrupt presenters on the first slide. Adults at family gatherings are shocked when my child asks a question that turns out to be more of a comment.https://twitter.com/TheBrometheus/status/1221034141765922816 …

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    Adam Lane Smith @TheBrometheus
    My wife and I never baby talk to our kids. We use full sentences and a wide vocabulary including complex words. My son is 3 and can carry a full conversation. Adults at family gatherings are shocked at his social aptitude. My daughter isn’t even 2 and she uses 4-syllable words.
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      1. Daniel de Kadt‏ @dandekadt Jan 29
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        To clarify: my tweet is a joke, intended to criticise the quoted tweet for attributing linguistic "aptitude" to not using baby talk.

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      2. Hernan Bruno‏ @HernanBruno1975 Jan 29
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        As an academic, I would be completely in favor of a symposium where all seminar speakers were asked to deliver their talk in baby-talk

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      3. Liv McLennan‏ @omniphonik Jan 29
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        COUNT ME IN

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      2. Niels Grotum‏ @NGrotum Jan 29
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        My wife and I never baby talk to our kid. We are an entirely pre-Germanic Sound Shift household. My daughter is barely even an embryo and is fully conversant with Proto-Indo-European. Adults at family gatherings are shocked and humbled by her laryngeals.

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      1. John May‏ @MrJohnMay Jan 29
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        My wife and I never talk baby talk to our kid. We employ dark, terrible murmurings in forgotten tongues that no ear should hear, nor were meant to hear. My spawn is a monster of vaguely anthropoid outline, with an octopus-like head who's face shocks adults at family gatherings.

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      2. Konrad Krawczyk‏ @konradkrawc Jan 29
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        and their first spoken word was "actually"

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      3. Grace Dunne‏ @GraceSDunne Jan 29
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        Replying to @konradkrawc @dandekadt

        Mine actually uses actually a lot. I get toddlerspained frequently. Also, “my decision is..”

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      2. Medik68‏ @medik68 Jan 29
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        Replying to @dandekadt @FaithFortune99

        My wife and I never talked to our kids. We just thought at them real hard. Now, they can read other peoples' minds, start fires at 50 yards by just thinking about it, and telekinese X-Wings out of swamps without a second thought.

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