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From: Simian on 8 Mar 2010 18:31 Champ wrote: > A quick google appears to show that there is no term that specifically > describes the inability to distinguish right from left. Which is a > pity, because I could use such a word right now. Ever since H1 was born I've been meticulously saying left / right where appropriate. With H2, I've not been using the words left or right at all. My plan was to see if H1 was instinctively able to tell the difference between left and right when he grows up, or is at least significantly better at it than H2. Assuming that was the case, I'd then be able to blame my parents the next time I had to spend thirty seconds trying to work which hand was which. Unfortunately, I mentioned it to A. the other week, and now I've been banned from experimenting on my own children :-/
From: darsy on 8 Mar 2010 18:36 On Mar 8, 11:31 pm, "Simian" <Simian(a)in_valid.semi-evolved.com> wrote: > Unfortunately, I mentioned it to A. the other week, and now I've been > banned from experimenting on my own children :-/ that's *so* unfair. Who's children are you expected to be allowed to experiment on? Over the years, I've managed to condition #1 stepson to swear randomly on hearing the word "badger". It brings me a wry smile of satisfaction every time. -- d.
From: Champ on 8 Mar 2010 18:38 On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:31:41 -0600, "Simian" <Simian(a)in_valid.semi-evolved.com> wrote: >Unfortunately, I mentioned it to A. the other week, and now I've been >banned from experimenting on my own children :-/ heh. Mind you, it was good enough for Jean Piaget [1], so I don't see why you shouldn't be allowed. [1] I listened to a podcast of In Our Time, on "The Infant Brain", on the way to work this morning. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: darsy on 8 Mar 2010 18:43 On Mar 8, 11:36 pm, darsy <dar...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Mar 8, 11:31 pm, "Simian" <Simian(a)in_valid.semi-evolved.com> wrote: > > > Unfortunately, I mentioned it to A. the other week, and now I've been > > banned from experimenting on my own children :-/ > > that's *so* unfair. > > Who's children are you expected to be allowed to experiment on? > > Over the years, I've managed to condition #1 stepson to swear randomly > on hearing the word "badger". oh, and before anyone accuses me of "intolerable cruelty", it should be noted that he is responsible for the fact that I cannot hear the word "whale" without internalizing (or occasionally singing) the phrase "there's a whale, there's a whale, there's a whale fish and the whale was in full view" -- d.
From: steve auvache on 8 Mar 2010 18:46
In article <f25e7ec6-bb49-44e2-ab9e-28a202a8125c(a)z11g2000yqz.googlegroup s.com>, darsy <darsyx(a)gmail.com> writes >On Mar 8, 11:36�pm, darsy <dar...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mar 8, 11:31�pm, "Simian" <Simian(a)in_valid.semi-evolved.com> wrote: >> >> > Unfortunately, I mentioned it to A. the other week, and now I've been >> > banned from experimenting on my own children :-/ >> >> that's *so* unfair. >> >> Who's children are you expected to be allowed to experiment on? >> >> Over the years, I've managed to condition #1 stepson to swear randomly >> on hearing the word "badger". > > >oh, and before anyone accuses me of "intolerable cruelty", it should >be noted that he is responsible for the fact that I cannot hear the >word "whale" without internalizing (or occasionally singing) the >phrase "there's a whale, there's a whale, there's a whale fish and the >whale was in full view" yebbut you are weird. -- steve auvache VN750 Third gear has scope. SR250 The SpazzTrakka (Improved). |