You Think the Translating Ends Once They Give Up the Baby Talk?
I was chatting with a friend recently who has a young child—she is my age, but her child is preschool age and she was sharing that she is becoming a master at translating her child’s version of the English language. She expressed how great it will be when her kid gets older and she doesn’t have to serve as translator. “Honey,” I said, “Have you tried to talk to a teenager lately?” I used to be cool and hip. As a matter of fact, as an English major specializing in the post-modern and modern era—I used to think I was … Continue reading