They stared at one another nonunderstandingly. Then the Father started to laugh but strangled the gay note instantly.

Such natural opportunities for social learning become teachable moments, in which children are motivated to learn new strategies.

Webster, moreover, advertises us that & is no letter—the goal of every breathless, whip-fearing, abcdarian’s valorous strife, the high-sounding Amperzand, no letter! Mehercule! You apocopate that from the alphabet, and Deacon Haddock will apocopate you from the School; yea, verily. It really signifies and per se, that for your private edification, Mistress Margaret. Moreover Perry makes twenty-six vowel sounds, Hale only sixteen; Webster enumerates nine vowels, Hale five; Hale preponderates in merit by reduction in number.

In the north they are called bajos and in the south mallins.