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Since he became a first time father eight months ago, Paul Hankes Drielsma has been thinking a lot about language. About teaching it to his son, yes, but also about how its use shapes--and limits--his role as a parent. In a guest blog today, Drielsman, who is a post-doc in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, writes about words--the ones we need to stop using, and the ones we need to use more.

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    I will always remember the things that I could have done with my father, - Seedplanter.

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