When you repeatedly say mama or Dada over and over while not doing the same with the word “say”
LegioVIFerrata on
Clearly someone isn’t getting in their baby time, they definitely understand before they can speak.
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Dudersaurus on
Babies just start making noises and parents react. They say mamamamama and mum smiles. Dadadadada and dad does. It’s not learning a word, it’s learning that random noises attract the attention of a specific person.
searing7 on
OP never spent time with babies before
ShanghaiBebop on
My baby started to really “talk” by repeating the last syllabyl or two.
I wonder how this works in languages where the noun comes before the verb in the most simple sentence construction towards babies.
Far_Veterinarian9135 on
Exactly, you might say, say mama once, but after that say mama super annunciating mama repeatedly
Spiritual_Horse_8549 on
Because the word say is a command.
thexar on
Surprise motherfucker
Rio__Grande on
Say is a command word. Baby’s first command word to use is typically more/now/please. The word say doesn’t get them any reward lol. I agree with others that they probably understand what say means, there’s just limited use for it
NoCarpenter2250 on
That’s some 3am overthinking
EccentricFan on
Partially because it’s bit backwards. The first word they say is usually mama/dada/baba because those are some of the easiest sounds for a babbling baby trying to talk to make. Which is why those terms are so common across many different cultures as nicknames for mom, dad, or wanting to eat in some way.
If you kept trying to get them to say polo or something like that, over and over while never even using the word mama/dada/baba they would probably still say one of those three long before they ever said polo.
notimetoloseJ on
mama papa are the words parents spamming to their babies the most
SupaPatt on
Damn op high af right now. Asking the real shit
luke1lea on
It’s almost as if they have human levels of intelligence
SgtDoakesSurprise on
I’m watching you.
Great_Scott7 on
“They’re spies, muthafuka”
Doakes probably
MacSteele13 on
I’m high enough to think this is a valid question…
querty99 on
Adjectival order is going to melt your mind.
nemo1677 on
Try to reverse it , dad/mam say
nlamber5 on
“Say” is much harder
captcraigaroo on
Have you watched Baby Geniuses?
Shrimp1991 on
I forgot how creepy that music was. 😳
gentlecrab on
Parents put emphasis on the mamma and dadda part not ‘say’. You don’t even need to say ‘say’ you can just use mamma and dadda.
ShadowWizardMuniGang on
I love that Redditors instinctively feel the need to explain anything and everything and can’t just let a joke be.
reteixeira10 on
they just fix on our eyes like a boss and cry too loud to scary us, at 3 am by the way.
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They know something we don’t
I laughed my ass off
When you repeatedly say mama or Dada over and over while not doing the same with the word “say”
Clearly someone isn’t getting in their baby time, they definitely understand before they can speak.
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Babies just start making noises and parents react. They say mamamamama and mum smiles. Dadadadada and dad does. It’s not learning a word, it’s learning that random noises attract the attention of a specific person.
OP never spent time with babies before
My baby started to really “talk” by repeating the last syllabyl or two.
I wonder how this works in languages where the noun comes before the verb in the most simple sentence construction towards babies.
Exactly, you might say, say mama once, but after that say mama super annunciating mama repeatedly
Because the word say is a command.
Surprise motherfucker
Say is a command word. Baby’s first command word to use is typically more/now/please. The word say doesn’t get them any reward lol. I agree with others that they probably understand what say means, there’s just limited use for it
That’s some 3am overthinking
Partially because it’s bit backwards. The first word they say is usually mama/dada/baba because those are some of the easiest sounds for a babbling baby trying to talk to make. Which is why those terms are so common across many different cultures as nicknames for mom, dad, or wanting to eat in some way.
If you kept trying to get them to say polo or something like that, over and over while never even using the word mama/dada/baba they would probably still say one of those three long before they ever said polo.
mama papa are the words parents spamming to their babies the most
Damn op high af right now. Asking the real shit
It’s almost as if they have human levels of intelligence
I’m watching you.
“They’re spies, muthafuka”
Doakes probably
I’m high enough to think this is a valid question…
Adjectival order is going to melt your mind.
Try to reverse it , dad/mam say
“Say” is much harder
Have you watched Baby Geniuses?
I forgot how creepy that music was. 😳
Parents put emphasis on the mamma and dadda part not ‘say’. You don’t even need to say ‘say’ you can just use mamma and dadda.
I love that Redditors instinctively feel the need to explain anything and everything and can’t just let a joke be.
they just fix on our eyes like a boss and cry too loud to scary us, at 3 am by the way.