Lily's vocabulary and language skills have been improving by the hour lately. She can make rough sentences ('Lily go up there', 'where daddy go') and copies not just words, but phrases ('uhmmm.....no', which is said without a lick of satire).
The hard part as a parent here is to avoid using her vocabulary and phrasing. It's very cute when she calls her brother 'Nay-Nay' or confirm her wishes with proper English, after she asks in a similar war - 'Lily up there?' (in the high chair). It's funny to hear this stuff, but sometimes the raw nature of her word usage makes at least as much sense as the typical 'adult' usage.
Languages are constantly evolving, even if that has slowed down with the advent of documented grammar. This makes me wonder how many changes in language came from children, passed on to parents. This could be the source when things are simplified or extraneous words are merged, melded or detached.
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