Request for examples of children's speech

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

     I am presently compiling examples of children's misintepretations of what they hear from adults,
e.g. (from a 3-year-old girl): "Our father, who art in heaven, Hollywood [hallowed] be thy name,"
(from another 3-year-old girl): "Hail, Mary, full of gravy [grace],"
and from various children who have mangled the Pledge of Allegiance, e.g.,  as a composite: "and to the Republicans [republic] for Richard Stands [which it stands], one nation, invisible [indivisible], with liver and onions [liberty and justice] for all ."
     If anyone has any more examples, I'd be very grateful to hear of them.  Due credit will of course be
given in whatever is written up.
Gerald Cohen
Dept. of Arts, Languages, and Philosophy
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO 65409
e-mail gcohen at mst.edu

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