Contributing to the literacy of minors

"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78) 10/05/2018 at 09:54 • Filed to: None

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From my daughter’s learn-to-read book last night. They’re generally !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! with a focus on short, phonics-based words:

“Daddy, what is KEG?” “Oh, that’s just another word for BARREL.”

Next page:

Uh-oh, Lad, I think you overdid it a little bit. Why has the puddle grown?

And then two pages later:

Wow. At this point, I’m LMAO so hard, I couldn’t even explain what was funny to my daughter. Don’t ever tell me that children’s book authors don’t have a little fun with it from time to time.

These books were written in the mid-70s, so it’s very possible that this is a book Brett Kavanaugh might have grown up with.

jimz > Ash78, voting early and often 10/05/2018 at 10:07

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got to be careful with phonics, I saw a girl who was hooked on them once. 

Ash78, voting early and often > jimz 10/05/2018 at 10:11

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You can always tell the ones who are — everything is sounded out in a halting, staccato flow.

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often 10/05/2018 at 10:14

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Lad did a keg stand.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Ash78, voting early and often 10/05/2018 at 10:18

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Lad also has an exceptionally creepy smile...

jimz > Ash78, voting early and often 10/05/2018 at 10:20

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Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 10/05/2018 at 10:22

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Too bad the “ST” letter combo is still several books ahead of this one. :D

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often 10/05/2018 at 10:22

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What about “beer bong?”

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Ash78, voting early and often 10/05/2018 at 10:23

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Got weird in a Dr. Seuss book the other day. paraphrasing some but it went like this.

Pat sat

Pat sat on a cat

Pat don’t sit on that! (was a cactus)

Pat sat on a bat (balanced sitting on top of a baseball bat)

on that last one there I was like....not sure how he’s keeping that there....