Most children enjoy the sound of language for its own sake. They wallow in repetitions and luscious word-sounds and the crunch and slither of onomatopoeia [words that sound like what they mean], they fall in love with impressive words and use them in all the wrong places.
Ursula K. LeGuin, Steering the Craft, 1998
Ursula K. LeGuin, Steering the Craft, 1998
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