Note to helpful friends...

[conuly]

"It's a quirk, she'll grow out of it" is not the answer I want to read. What I want to see is "Oh, it sounds like blahblahblah" with a proper explanation of why Ana's doing this interesting and fascinating linguistical thingy. "It's a quirk" is not an explanation, and I already *know* she'll grow out of it. I don't care about that! I want to know why she's doing it now!

Honestly, how long have some of you known me? Thank you.

(And I know you're trying to help, but I'm not asking for reassurances, I'm asking for information. When I want reassurances, I'll say something like "does this indicate a problem?" or "should we all be worried?" or "please tell me she's okay". I promise.)

Comments

[ladyshrew.livejournal.com]

In that case, I was (sorta seriously) going to ask if she's been hanging around Italians or otherwise watching them on TV. ;-)

And using that as an example, it may just be *easier* for her to say those words with the -a at the end. You also have the typical Chinese person adding -a to people's names. It's just easier that way.

Other words may not create the same difficulty for her. And to figure out that would require an entire list and lots of analysation that could only be speculative at best anyway.

[conuly]

It'll be ages before she grows out of this. I have time.

[ladyshrew.livejournal.com]

Hehe! Well, good luck then. ;-)

[morganne13.livejournal.com]

You mentioned in the previous entry that the theory that it was article add on didn't apply to all the verbs where she did it. It could have started as article add on, then she just likes the way it sounds and flows.

I know for myself now, that I choose to do quirky things with words just because they sound interesting to me. Or that they make a sense that makes sense only to me. I remember doing similar things from a young age. I saw patterns in strange places and expressed them in strange ways. Almost compulsive ways.

It could be this is what she's doing. In that case, what will be fascinating is to see first off how long it takes her to replace it with another quirk and what that quirk is, whether its even a verbal one.

:-)

[conuly]

That makes sense, oddly. I think I'll just have to pay a lot of attention to how she speaks for the next week or so.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

:-p Maybe that means you'll hear when she complains "I picka up comb"

[ladyshrew.livejournal.com]

In that case, I was (sorta seriously) going to ask if she's been hanging around Italians or otherwise watching them on TV. ;-)

And using that as an example, it may just be *easier* for her to say those words with the -a at the end. You also have the typical Chinese person adding -a to people's names. It's just easier that way.

Other words may not create the same difficulty for her. And to figure out that would require an entire list and lots of analysation that could only be speculative at best anyway.

[conuly]

It'll be ages before she grows out of this. I have time.

[ladyshrew.livejournal.com]

Hehe! Well, good luck then. ;-)

[morganne13.livejournal.com]

You mentioned in the previous entry that the theory that it was article add on didn't apply to all the verbs where she did it. It could have started as article add on, then she just likes the way it sounds and flows.

I know for myself now, that I choose to do quirky things with words just because they sound interesting to me. Or that they make a sense that makes sense only to me. I remember doing similar things from a young age. I saw patterns in strange places and expressed them in strange ways. Almost compulsive ways.

It could be this is what she's doing. In that case, what will be fascinating is to see first off how long it takes her to replace it with another quirk and what that quirk is, whether its even a verbal one.

:-)

[conuly]

That makes sense, oddly. I think I'll just have to pay a lot of attention to how she speaks for the next week or so.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

:-p Maybe that means you'll hear when she complains "I picka up comb"