Thursday, 20 November 2008

Echolalia

ECHOLALIA

noun
1. Psychiatry: the uncontrollable and immediate repetition of words spoken by another person.
2. The imitation by a child of the vocal sounds produced by others, occurring as a natural phase of childhood develop



Echo, Echo… Echolalia
Alalia, Alalia, Alalia,
Laelia, laelia
Lilly.
Lilly has an echo, an echo in a gecko.

3 comments:

Rachel Green said...

Fabulous.

I'll have to use this when Lucy starts to speak :)

martha said...

You need to go lie down in a quiet dark room. I'm afraid things have gone too far. I fear for your sanity.

Dina said...

This one is fun to read out loud.