Hot take: using baby talk when talking to children is a form of child abuse.

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@freemo What is baby talk? I thought it referred to the way people modify pronunciation (and continue to speak using standard grammar, obviously using rather simple words) when speaking to young children.

@robryk its a combination of features... It has a very condescending tone to it for starters. It usually uses cute words that arent actually words, sometimes even just mumbling "Abah booba you wittle boopie doop" stuff like that.

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