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Having studied English in college, I fancy myself an observer of all things linguistical. I’ve often wondered about the order kids learn certain words. Here are a few examples that I find very telling:
“No” before “Yes”
“Up” before “Down”
“Now” before “Later”
“Mine” before “Yours”
“Dad” before “Mom” (even if they really mean Mom)
“Out” before “In”
“Go” before “Come”
“Me” before “You”
“Baby” before “What would you like to do today mother?”
I also wanted to let you know that the Daring Young Scientists are working very hard to discover the genetic mutation which has caused Magoo to start walking like this:
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posted by Kathryn Thompson at 2:13 PM
20 Comments:
ooh! first comment on DYM's blog - I feel like I've won an award! ...or something...
But what I wanted to say is MAGOO IS SOOOO CUTE! ANd I think the DY Scientists might want to check into their baboon lineage. Or stop watching so much Lion King. Isn't that sort of a Rafiki-type walk??
3/30/2006 2:41 PM
Scientists --- Schmientists. He crawls like that because he just feels like it. The same reason they say all the negative or demanding words first. Hey the world can be a negative place when you can only see stuff from the knees down and every time you discover something interesting, the large parental type people tell you "No." and take it away.
3/30/2006 2:47 PM
Wrong. It predates rafiki. I distinctly remembering mowgli from the jungle book doing that walk. wither way, it's gotta be african...or disney.
3/30/2006 3:10 PM
At least he's taking some semblance of our animal friends. What I don't get are kids who scoot! My friend has an 18-month-year old who still only scoots everywhere he goes. Oh, and only says "No" and "Up" (in accordance with your theory).
3/30/2006 3:10 PM
Magoo is too cute! I agree that Mogli from Jungle Book walked that way, that's who I thought of! I enjoy your blog very much, your posts bring a smile to my face!
3/30/2006 3:49 PM
Have you considered having Magoo tested for Wheelbarrowitis?
3/30/2006 4:27 PM
Good grief, such cuteness should really not be legal.
Yeah, the whole time Magoo was crawling there I was hearing the elephant marching song from the Jungle Book. Have you noticed how similar the names Mowgli and Magoo are? Coincidence? I think not!
3/30/2006 5:00 PM
Crawling takes so many weird forms, no? The brand Magoo has adopted is super normal (and absolutely cute - if not a little strange to watch :) and is published in lots of baby books. Some babies never even do a "regular" crawl, opting for the Disney-bum-in-the-air-Magoo crawl right from the get-go. My oldest, on the other hand, rolled everywhere he wanted to go until he was nine months old. And he certainly learned "no" first (and "daddy" for that matter).
3/30/2006 5:36 PM
"Ooh, oobee doo
I wanna be like you hoo hoo.
I wanna walk like you,
Talk like you, too hoo hoo...."
Aw Magoo, you little Jungle Book monkey. You are way too cute.
3/30/2006 8:11 PM
Love the mutated crawl. That is so stinkin' cute.
3/31/2006 9:11 AM
You told me it looked like a bear walking, I'm thinking a little less bear and a little more gorilla.
Who said he could grow up so fast?
3/31/2006 9:39 AM
Not only did I enjoy this post, but I want to thank you for inadvertantly advertising DropShots. I've been meaning to post a small home video to a blog post, and this just might do it for me.
3/31/2006 2:12 PM
Magoo is too cute!! Awwww... *melts*
4/01/2006 3:12 AM
So cute! My little guy walked like that, as well! I loved it!
4/01/2006 8:00 AM
Is he not the cutest? I love that little furrowed brow, too. And yeah, they always say "Dada" first, but that's just because D is easier for them than M. They MEAN "Mama."
4/01/2006 11:08 AM
That is the best crawling ever!! Hahaha. Awesome.
4/03/2006 4:10 PM
My cousin's daughter crawled like Magoo. She didn't like the feel of the carpet on her knees...so she compromised and carwled on feet and hands. It was very entertaining!
4/04/2006 7:56 AM
yeah, um. I came back to watch it again. Hilarious.
4/05/2006 4:10 PM
The bum in the air walk. how AAH-WAY-SO-MAY!
4/05/2006 8:51 PM
I don't even know if you will see this comment- but I am back, for the third time (this time to show my husband) how cute this video is.
I love the part where he is deciding which way to go, he looks into one room, looks at the hall, looks into one room, looks at the hall, then finally heads down the hall.
Kathyrn, he is so cute.
4/10/2006 1:34 PM
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