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It's a bit foggy but I think a German emperor (might have been Wilhelm II) wanting to know the language of angels took several babies and instructed their caret
by jmnicolas 12y ago
It's a bit foggy but I think a German emperor (might have been Wilhelm II) wanting to know the language of angels took several babies and instructed their caretakers to take good care of them but not to talk to them, at all.
His reasoning was that the babies would start to speak the original language of humans.
All the babies died.
Whatever you do, read, talk, sing or even rant but communicate with your baby.
- danudey 12y agoHaving a newborn myself (three weeks tomorrow!), I can't imagine not talking to him at every possible opportunity. Carrying him around, putting him down, picking him up, burping him, changing him, we fill it all with words because that's just what makes sense. I really can't picture someone not doing that.
- phreeza 12y agoAllegedly performed by Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich II in the 13th century. Not Willhelm II, who lived into the 20th century.