"Now you close your eyes and when I say 'okay' you can open them, okay? But not now. Even though I just said 'okay'. And not just then, either. Only when I say 'okay'. But not now! That wasn't the proper 'okay': that was just me saying 'okay' -- and so was that. You can't open them until I say 'okay', but not that one just there either... I think I need a new word."
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Five-year-old struggles with the concept of a speech act
Posted by StyleyGeek at 12:47 PM
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2 Comments:
wow that's funny :)
I thought so too. Which meant that conversation was followed with a few minutes of insistent: "Why are you laughing? Are you laughing at me? Did I say something funny? Mummy says it isn't nice to laugh at other people."
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