Delores Pollard

The Other Side of the Universe Delores Pollard

This second volume includes words, phrases and ideas garnered from children older than those who inspired volume one. For this volume I perused many cards and letters. My mom kept all my letters as I did hers. Many stories were delightfully shared. I also drew upon correspondence with my sister, my in-laws' and my beloved friends. I learned that a child often speaks the same way I do when I begin learning a foreign language. Tenses, verbs, pronouns, and genders are off. For an example: "we've go got them." Though I think I am speaking correctly in a foreign language, I really sound like a child to the ear of a native speaker. This surprised me with insight into what is primary in terms of learning speech.