this is just mom's normal handwriting, except when she did cursive... which was even MORE impeccable, but she wanted me to be able to read this when I was little
@platypus this is so beautiful
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I love the idea that she wanted you to be able to read ə from a young age.
@TMakarios and I could 😂 I still can’t quite explain what one is
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It's supposed to represent a "neutral" vowel sound, neither front nor back, neither open nor closed. In typical varieties of English, it occurs only in unstressed syllables, like the first vowel in "about", but in mine (New Zealand English), it's kind of merging with the vowel in "bit".
@platypus I will look up to this when trying for better handwriting.
@platypus This is delightful and adorable.
@platypus Omg this is amazing
@platypus also, that handwriting is impeccable.
@nivex right?? That's just how she wrote. I could never live up to it
@platypus omg this is amazing
@platypus this is too cute
@platypus I love this so much!
@platypus 😆 i love this lol
@platypus oh, that is so cute!
I've briefly worked with linguists and it has rubbed off a tiny bit when I recorded some of our little one's progresses, too. :)
@platypus baby ruth has good advice for adult ruth
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the most adorbz! (Both your words and hers 💜)
@platypus This is so cool. My film editing teacher in Uni had kept detailed notes on her child's development in visual perception (or at least, inferences about it) and it was fascinating to hear about.
Feb 5. Ruth’s first 3 word sentence: Fall down boom.
Feb 10. Ruth looked in a mirror and said “Ruth. See Ruth.” She also started adding a schwa after word-final voiced stops, including nasals.