Duo Lingo for Talking to Kids

Study Notes

Duo Lingo is an app designed for adults who need to learn how to talk to kids, especially those who are new to interacting with children.
The app is designed for people who are not familiar with talking to kids, possibly because their friends are starting to have children.

Practice talking to kids for just 5 minutes a day to become a "brat whisperer" in no time.
The app helps users learn how to greet kids, including traditional greetings.
It teaches users how to build stamina for long, meandering, pointless stories.
The app helps users identify kids' ages and get a better sense of kids.

The app prepares users for conversations about everyday topics, such as:
- Friends' new babies
- The bus
- Dance recitals
- Child falls on the sidewalk in front of you
- Public restaurants
- Airport gates
- Hot tub at vacation resorts
- Child wearing big pink dress
The app teaches users how to respond to kids' interests, such as liking chicken fingers.

Users can learn to talk to kids in as little as six weeks.
The app helps users to not feel like a bad person because they don't know how to talk to kids.
It's never too late to learn how to talk to kids with Duo Lingo.

Designed for adults who need to learn how to talk to kids, especially those new to interacting with children.
Targets individuals who are not familiar with talking to kids, possibly due to their friends starting to have children.

Prepares users for everyday conversations about:
- Friends' new babies
- The bus
- Dance recitals
- Child falls on the sidewalk
- Public restaurants
- Airport gates
- Hot tubs at vacation resorts
- Child wearing big pink dress
Teaches users how to respond to kids' interests, such as liking chicken fingers.

Users can learn to talk to kids in as little as six weeks.
Helps users overcome feelings of inadequacy due to not knowing how to talk to kids.
It's never too late to learn how to talk to kids with Duo Lingo.

The SNL skit "This is How I Talk" uses linguistic and societal norms associated with different racial groups to create humor.
The skit's humor stems from Louis C.K.'s character, a white individual, pretending to be a native speaker of African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) to avoid offending his new boss.
AAVE is strongly associated with the black community, making Louis C.K.'s use of it as a white individual unusual and humorous.

The skit highlights the common conception that AAVE is not an "academic" form of speech, implying that it is inferior to Standard English (SE).
Brenda's switch to SE to uncover the truth about Louis C.K.'s character reinforces the social hierarchy related to American dialects, with SE being perceived as more prestigious.
Brenda's statement "this is my real voice. See, I went to a good college..." reinforces this notion, suggesting that SE is associated with higher education and greater respectability.