How humans learn language is fascinating to me. And getting to watch a new brain learn it was wonderful.
When my child was learning to read, they came home from school one day and said, “My teacher doesn’t know how to spell ‘juice’. How weird is that? She ends with an E That makes the vowels long.”
I asked how she spelled it. J-U-I-C-E.
“How did you think it was spelled?” D-J-O-O-S.
“Interesting. And I understand how you thought that. But, she’s correct. It’s one of those ways English is weird.”
“Huh. I’ve been saying it wrong all along.”
I am the Audience 