My mother was an English Major~ so... from what she use to say: All my children spoke correctly by the time they were 5 yrs. I don't remember that, but I do remember when we wanted to ruffle my mother's feathers we would say something along the lines of: "I ain't got none" Boy... talk about instant anger!!! Fun for us, not for her though, I don't believe my mother had much of a sense of humor, but my father did and he would do it too ~ ol' pop, he was fun:) I remember when one time my older brother referred to my father as pop... my mother was quick to correct him "You will call your father "Father or Dad" no pop... My father said to call him pop, it's the very sincerest word of affection for him and he loved it, by the way, he called his father pop too.
Weird thing is, I taught my son to speak correctly too, as did my siblings with their children, I guess it's ingrained in all of us.
Weird thing is, I taught my son to speak correctly too, as did my siblings with their children, I guess it's ingrained in all of us.
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