Linguistic Erosion

Contributor: Michelle Ann King - - It all began with a Speak and Spell toy, which to Lisa's five year old eyes was the single greatest thing imaginable. It was red and shiny and glorious, but unfortunately, it wasn't hers. It was her older sister's, and Becky hadn't been keen to share her precious possession with her over-eager, sticky-fingered sibling. So Lisa waited for her turn until her patience ran out, which took about five minutes. Then she simply took it, played with it, and broke it. And then felt bad about it. Talk about setting a pattern. Lisa fished Oliver's toenail clippings out of the bathroom bin and pressed the ragged crescents into the plasticine figure she'd moulded into something resembling his likeness. For her sister's version, she added some of the long blonde hairs that luckily still clung to a jacket that she'd...

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