sounds imitating a baby's babble

English translation: sounds imitating a baby's babble

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English term or phrase:	goo goo gaa gaa
Selected answer:	sounds imitating a baby's babble
Entered by:	Irina Schwab

23:19 May 18, 2003

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English term or phrase: sounds imitating a baby's babble

Can it be: blah-blah, etc? If not, what else?

Irina Schwab KudoZ activity Questions: 16 (1 open) Answers: 75 United Kingdom
Local time: 20:27

goo goo gaa gaa

Explanation:
Goo-goo, ga-ga really helps
baby learn to talk. July 31, 1997 Web posted at: 10:20 pm EDT (0220 GMT) ...
Description: [CNN.com]
Category: News > Online Archives > CNN.com > 1997 > July > Technology
www.cnn.com/TECH/9707/31/baby.talk/

We'll set one up for you. Goo Goo Gaa Gaa: The Baby Talk Dictionary and Phrase Book by Peter Gaido, Marc Jaffe see larger photo. ...
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/change-style/ tg/detail/-/0967281814/

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RHELLER
United States
Local time: 13:27

Grading comment

Thanks a lot, sounds natural, but it didn't cross my mind.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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5 +10

goo goo gaa gaa

RHELLER

3 +11

not blah, blah

Kim Metzger

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

goo goo gaa gaa

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 13:27
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 1252

Grading comment

Thanks a lot, sounds natural, but it didn't cross my mind.

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +11

not blah, blah

Explanation:
Blah, blah is used to indicate someone who talks too much. I'd choose words like da, da; goo, goo.

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Note added at 2003-05-18 23:28:45 (GMT)
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No matter what the language, baby talk contains four distinct, universal patterns of vowels and consonants--ma-ma, da-da, ba-ba, goo-goo--that may have been the original building blocks of speech, University of Texas researchers contend.

http://www.earlyonmichigan.org/articles/LATimes8-30-02.htm

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 13:27
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 2249

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