Parenting

[GraemeE]

Our oldest daughter (12) rocked the open mic at our neighborhood brew pub tonight

[Matt]

That’s awesome.

[EdH]

I had to explain grammar to a three year old the other day. Little Miss H thought that "wink" conjugates like "drink", so if "drink" = "drank" in the past tense, then "wink" = ....

On the one hand, I like that she seems to be trying to apply some sort of logic to why she can't just add "-ed" to the end of a verb to get to the past tense in every case and making connections between words that sound the same. Sadly, English is a bonkers language where there are more exceptions to grammatical rules than actual rules. Sometimes, that can get one in trouble.

[Tago Mago]

@EdH hahahahaha

[Oaktavia]

@EdH LOL

[goosehd]

@EdH then throw in pronunciation and regional dialect. Two people speaking the same language and no one knows what the hell either are saying.

[goosehd]

Exhibit A:

[EdH]

Exhibit B:

[Tago Mago]

Exhibit C:

[goosehd]

@EdH I need subtitles…

[IrishHeart]

He’s a retired news reader

[Matt]

We watched the 2nd season of Deadloch and the Aussie accents required some subtitles at times.