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[bogmansam]

Heyoo this is my sideblog of sorts. I reblog stuff.

Art Blog: samoftheswamp

Carrd (Commissions: closed) || Kofi

[prophecydungeon]

that’s not………. how child speech works…………………………………………..

[prophecydungeon]

god okay in an attempt to be less of an asshole, here’s how child speech DOES work (or tend to work, at least)

kids tend to hypercorrect — this means that they tend to say things like “sleeped” instead of “slept,” “writed” instead of “wrote,” “goed” instead of “went,” etc

kids tend not to make errors such as omitting verbs (“i hungry”)

kids also tend not to make errors in the i/me, she/her department (“me am hungry”)

simplification of difficult sounds — consonant clusters especially, so things like st, sp, ps, etc., as well as f, v, th-sounds, ch-sounds, etc.

“babbling”-type utterances (“apwen” for “airplane,” using one babbly word for multiple objects, things like that) generally occur in children under the age of three and a half

say it with me: an eight-year-old child is not going to be saying “me hungwy”

do not confuse child speech with stereotypical learner english mistakes, that’s not only incorrect but also gross on the stereotypical learner english front (“me love you long time,” anybody?)

if you’re going to write kidfic please do some goddamn research

[prokopetz]

Totally. It can be helpful to remind yourself that young children tend to speak as though the English language actually made sense. Our brains are pattern-recognising machines: children are really, really good at puzzling out the implicit rules of the English language, but they don’t necessarily know all the silly exceptions and bizarre edge cases that break those rules yet - those can only be learned through experience and rote memorisation.

Basically, when children who speak English as a first language make mistakes, it typically reflects a tendency to treat English as more grammatically, syntactically, and/or orthographically consistent than it really is. In some cases, this can be compounded by the fact that some kids will get offended at how little sense “proper” English makes, and insist upon using the more consistent forms even though they know very well that they’re technically “wrong”.

[idiagroena-deactivated20160720]

for a long young portion of my life I insisted on pronouncing Sean “SEEN” because that’s how it’s spelled.

[pftones3482]

As someone who spends a good majority of her time working with kids, it irks me to no end when I see children written as if they’re babies.

Past the age of about five or six years old, children can have deep, intellectual conversations about the most bizarre of things. I HAD A CONVERSATION LAST WEEK WITH FOUR THIRD GRADERS ABOUT THE GAS PRICES AND TAXES IN HAWAII.

Were they entirely correct in the facts they were giving? No, because it was all from what they had heard from parents or on the news. But that doesn’t take away from the fact that I was having a genuine conversation with four eight and nine year olds about taxes.

Just about the only speech problems most kids have, unless they have a speech impediment, is not being able to pronounce certain consonants (replacing ‘th’ with ‘fw,’ for example, and some letters are harder to form with your mouth than others) and doing exactly what the person above said: using the English language the way they know how, which isn’t always the way English works.

Kids aren’t stupid. Stop writing them like they are.

[rimonoroni2]

my general opinion on what people should be "allowed" to portray and what topics they should be "allowed" to explore in fiction is that you can make whatever art with whatever themes you want but i'm also allowed to think the way you handled it was tasteless and should've been done differently. my negative opinion on your handling of sensitive topics is the price of admission for publicly showcasing your work. this is not a pro-censorship stance because i am not The Government

[bovineblogger]

LEAPS N BOUNDS!!!!

[doombellow]

@joy-and-whimsy-official

[joy-and-whimsy-official]

Joy and whimsy detected! This bison is joyful and whimsical!

[lilac-fairyy]

10 people i'd like to get to know ⋆˚࿔ 𝜗𝜚˚⋆

thank you for tagging me @coolchickblog ❤︎⁠

- last song: my all - mariah carey

- currently watching: the OC

- current obsession: leopard print, big sunglasses, david lynch, and 90s rock (love love love temple of the dog)

- currently reading: jackie: public, private, secret by j. randy taraborrelli

- currently working on: organizing my space and getting back into girlblogging

- currently wearing: university t-shirt and plaid pj shorts

- last google search: adult ballet classes near me

- favorite flower: can't choose between roses, lilies, and peonies

⋆˚࿔ 𝜗𝜚˚⋆ tags: @blushribbon @cinnamqn3 @bowwiees @betsyflores @chicach3rryc0lalime @bambidolli777x @lipglossandlacee @whimsyyangel @dolly-lina @petal-purre

[cloudstrike493]

•.°✨ 10 people I'd like to get to know ✨°.•

Hehe ty to @isaartsconstentldrawing and @shadowdragon2341 for tagging me ❤️ lovely moots, both of ya!

~ ~ ~

Last song: Run Rabbit by Mollie Elizabeth

Currently Watching: nothing :)

Currently Reading: textbooks :D

Currently working on: College :p

Currently wearing: a high school band T-shirt and corduroy pants

Current obsession: My AUs (especially Abuser)

Last google search: "boxxer or boxer" (for spelling of Toolboxer :p)

Favorite flower: Purple Deadnettle

~ ~ ~

I tag thee: @littlelaurendraws @dewthegay4403 @nexus-lavennyx @thequartzjester @themooooonman @uranusandsolarshow @littleratproductions22 @sorenthroughdreams (open tags!!!)

[thequartzjester]

Thx @cloudstrike493 for tagging me!!!

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Last song: Famous Last Word by My Chemical Romance

Currently watching: nothing, but I saw Project Hail Mary again last night!

Currently reading: Bloodymary fanfics

Currently working on: Harvest fursuit

Currently wearing: EPIC the musical tour shirt

Current Obsession: split between BloodyMary (Simon from Iron Lung and Ryland Grace from Project Hail Mary), The Invisible Davis, and Sanders Sides

Last google search: "ah the element of surprise explained" (i didn't know if there was anything deeper than the surface level joke 😭)

Favorite flower: dead roses or white ones

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@little-shyguy @sevintheshifter @the-rando09 @thatofficalmochi @shadeisherelol @coffeezoii

And anyone else who wants to join in!!!!

[coffeezoii]

thanks for the tag :)

Last song: Horror Queen - Phantom Siita

Currently watching : House MD

Currently Reading: nothing rn

Currently working on: artfight things 😢

Currently wearing: uniform

Current obsession: spuds (it’s a food)

Last google search: qifrey (i’m getting into witch hat atelier)

Favorite flower: hellebore

@backalley-kreature @spiral-creature @asterjupit3r @sillyzone1209 @tincan-fandomfreak @moony-buckets

anyone else who wants to joinn

[sillyzone1209]

I low-key didn't know we're mutuals, so this makes me so happy 🥹

Last song- pork soda

Currently watching - nothing rn

Currently reading- A Spark in the Cinders

Currently working on- reading all books for book club

Currently wearing- hand me down clothes

Current obsession- Minecraft

Last Google search- volunteering

Favorite flower - Daises

Mutuals!!!!

@twixyrolldabee @bogmansam @weirdcoregal35 @imbadatthinkinginnames @ikamigami @sabrondabrainrot @oh-fiddle-sticks @luxaraowo @dreamymirastone

[bogmansam]

Haven’t done one of these in a while but it’s short and sweet so I’ll give it a go :)

Last song- “forwards, beckon, rebound”

Currently watching- big bad evil gang!! >:DDD my fav dnd show rn

Currently reading- nothing rn but I’ve been meaning to get back to my cosmic horror research and pick up one of my lovecraft books

Current obsession- mine and my friends’ dnd campaign!!! I love our little guys…

Currently wearing- my pjs, a dracula shirt and black and white checkered pants

Last google search - dnd 5e feats (i love dnd…)

Favorite flower- sunflower :3

[evildevil42]

if i ever had godlike powers over the nature of animals i'd just make crabs smarter. like on par with crows or something. you'll walk out onto the pier at night and see a group of crabs working together to drag an unconscious man into the water. you can't help him now. he's gone.

[infertilityidol]

*introducing myself to the guards who caught me* seized to meet you

[evilwizard]

me: *covered in scratch marks* i am still a powerful and respectable wizard, you know

my imp krongus: *doubtfully* yes, my lord

me: i did eventually kill the mouse with a needle for a sword

krongus: it’s just that it was so close, my lord

[lesmiserabelles]

shout-out to the person i overheard today rushing into an antiques shop to ask, very urgently, ‘do you have any silver crosses?’. wishing you well in your fight against the creatures of darkness, friend

[eisenkrahe]

[flipocrite]

not she berry or he berry but no berry

and that is berry good

[alivehouse]

me: can i get a normal picture of a woman to draw

pose reference sites:

[phantomrose96]

Hey hey don’t cry. Character who destroys themself in the end for nothing

[oedipalrivalry]

can everyone start writing fic about the hyperniche ship only i'm interested in. please.

[torstherapy]

[hotvampireadjacent]

[i-fuck-audis]

MY FUCKING CAR

[demadogs]

nothing can break the bond between a friend who loves spoilers and a friend who just watched an amazing show and needs to tell someone the entire plot from start to finish

[demadogs]

alternatively: nothing can break the bond between a friend who doesnt read and a friend who just read an amazing book and needs to tell someone the entire plot from start to finish

[demadogs]

nothing can break the bond between a friend who cannot and will not watch horror but is still interested and a friend who just watched an amazing horror movie and needs to tell someone the entire plot from start to finish