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[–] [email protected] 184 points 3 weeks ago (46 children)

Baby-talk is a universal human phenomenal and almost certainly plays an important role in helping kids learn language.

The implication that not using baby talk somehow unlocks rapid development of language is simply not true.

[–] [email protected] 203 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

But it's very funny to respond to babies babbling nonsense with "yes, I see, an intriguing point."

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 weeks ago

Conversely, it's also very funny to respond to self-important adults babbling nonsense with baby talk.

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