P.P.S.

Now he's counting in Polish too. In fact, what I thought were gibberish sounds turns out to be Polish. Shows how sophisticated I really am.

Comments

[kristen]

My husband counts in Polish too. Don't ask.

[Niksmom]

And you figured this out HOW? This is fascinating. Maybe Isaac has an aptitude for linguistics after all!

Reminds me of the time my niece was a toddler and used to be fascinated with a show on PBS which was actually a college course in Chinese. She started speaking Chinese but no one could figure out what she was trying to say. Turns out she was counting!

[Susan E]

Oh, no mystery there. Isaac's nanny is Polish, so she's been teaching him. But the problem is that I don't know any of the words, so I can't tell what's language and what's just gibberish.

[drama mama]

You know, when my daughter was echolalic, I remember the evaluator (I won't honor her with any more specific title, as she sucked major pud) telling me that Miss M made no sense. That her language wasn't "productive". Miss M may have been echoing, but she was using the scripts to describe what was going on. Years later, I find out that it is called "Mitigated Echolalia" and that it is a GREAT sign that a child is processing language.

I say, trust that Isaac is using real polish words, and not just "jibberish".

I think he is a very smart little dude in using language. Linguist, someday? Maybe?