Baby Talk and “Elderspeak” Disturbingly Related
"Here you go, Hon. Anything else?" Though cringing inwardly, I smile outwardly and say, "No thanks." The waitress, perhaps in her early thirties, is just trying to be nice to me. I understand that. I happen to be a small person, rather short, tiny bones - the kind of person where, when the prairie winds invade our metro area and tall... Read more
