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		asfarley on Sept 5, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How do people learn to cook a poisonous plant safe... I think the suggestions is that toddlers know the word "chew" but not the word "masticate". Is this hard to believe?

IanCal on Sept 5, 2019 [–]

My point was that I and most others would use the word "chew" when talking to adults in general conversation, it's not a childish word.

asfarley on Sept 5, 2019 | [–]

I was agreeing with you

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