Laszlo's not the only smart kid in the family

[lalicopa]

Lily loves to type in the AIM box, mostly because she loves the little froggy emoticons I have set up. She spelled her name, and then said she wanted to spell my name. I saw her sitting there going, "J-j-j" and then "nnnnnnn-nnnnnn" until she came up with "jnfr" which I think is pretty impressive considering she's just 4 and a half. It reminds me of Hebrew letters since there are no vowels - I seem to remember in some form of Hebrew writing there were no vowels and the sounds were just suggested by the context and the other letters.

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[joy-disaster.livejournal.com]

I think it is more natural not to use vowels, Zella started writing long before she cared to add vowels, and I suspect that I did too. I took Hebrew in college and at first I was shocked to find out that only we students would be using the vowel symbols and that the general Hebrew writing didn't usually include them. But then I took vowels out of english nd sw tht t ws stll rdbl fr th mst prt. Which isn't to say it is the same thing, like with Lily's writing the vowel sound is included in the pronunciation of the letter, I think that is how it goes.