I see the Awesomeness.
#2: Nov 14th 2010 at 3:59:05 PM
Support. Recommend Baby Language for title.
Fight smart, not fair.
#3: Nov 14th 2010 at 4:04:55 PM
Supporting a hard split. They're two separate tropes and I've seen them both in action.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
#4: Nov 14th 2010 at 4:11:55 PM
"Baby Talk" and "Baby Language" is keen.
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
batgirl1
Her Majesty
Since: Jan, 2001
Her Majesty
#5: Nov 14th 2010 at 6:44:18 PM
Funny, I was thinking Baby Language! 
edited 14th Nov '10 6:44:26 PM by batgirl1
NateTheGreat
Since: Jan, 2001
#6: Nov 15th 2010 at 3:06:49 PM
Hard split.
batgirl1
Her Majesty
Since: Jan, 2001
Her Majesty
#7: Nov 26th 2010 at 3:01:09 PM
It looks like we're pretty much agreed, then. So...um...what do we do now? I'm kind of new at this. Do we get a mod's attention, or just launch a YKTTW for the second trope, or what?
dotchan
Since: Jan, 2001
#8: Nov 28th 2010 at 6:22:32 PM
My suggestions:
- Don't touch the original trope yet.
- Launch a YKTTW for "Baby Language", explaining that this is a split of Baby Talk.
- Collect examples, copying the examples from Baby Talk that would better fit this trope.
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Profit!Launch new trope, and remove the doubled examples from Baby Talk.
edited 28th Nov '10 6:22:46 PM by dotchan
Kaosubaloo
#9: Mar 14th 2011 at 12:05:13 PM
This seems to have been resolved. Could someone please close this discussion?
Guess who, it's Kaosubaloo!
Total posts: 9
I think there are actually two separate tropes involved here: The butchered English associated with babies and small children, and the idea of babies having their own "language" before they ever learn English (like the Rugrats example). The trope description, however, gives one sentence about the latter while going on to prattle about the former with no transition, making it a little confusing. This definitely needs to be cleaned up somehow, but should we do a hard split or a soft one?