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About names, Nutella and me
So, I am babysitting an adorable 3-year old. Not only is she adorable, but very VERY observant. You see, the family is Dutch-speaking, so I am speaking Dutch with her. Yes, " my Dutch ". I do my best to explain things to her, and to play with her, alles in het Nederlands. But, to the point. Last Monday, both of us are sitting at the table to have breakfast, and while I am spreading some Nutella in her toast, she looks at me and says: - Kijk, dat is bijna jou naam in Nutella- she said. - Daar heb je helemaal gelijk in. - I agreed, evidently! I was flabbergasted !!! She recognised the coda sounds behind the beginning of the names Nut ella and Gis el·la to be the same. I cannot be sure if she had seen my name written down, though I doubt that. She is defintely at a syllabic-literacy stage, though not literate yet, BUT FAIRLY CLOSE, isn't she?! To my amazement, her middlename is Gisèle . That would be the French version of my name. Funny enough, when I tried to expl...
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