Request for examples of children's speech

[Neal Whitman]

When I blog about such things (usually from my sons, but sometimes from
their classmates or friends), I put them in the "Darndest Things" category:
http://literalminded.wordpress.com/category/the-darndest-things/

Neal

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> On Jul 8, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard wrote:
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>>     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," ...
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> this is a very rich vein of material, of eggcornish reinterpretations of
> material that is opaque to children ("Gladly, the cross-eyed bear" and the
> like). On my blog not long ago, "reptile dysfunction":
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> http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/reptile-dysfunction/
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> i'd be surprised if there weren't already collections on the net.
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> arnold
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