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That's interesting. According to family, I was non-verbal until I was about three and a half, then immediately started speaking in complete, grammatically-correct sentences.
There's a classic joke (apparently usually aimed at German personality stereotypes?) along those lines:
An American couple adopts a little German baby boy. As the years go by, the parents become deeply concerned because the child grows to be four years old without ever uttering a single syllable. They take him to speech therapists, pediatricians, and specialists, but every test shows that he is completely healthy, intelligent, and physically capable of speech. He just chooses not to.
Then, on his fifth birthday, his mother serves him tea and a slice of chocolate cake. The boy takes a bite, sets his fork down, looks up, and says in a perfectly clear, advanced voice:
"Mother, this cake is altogether too dry, and the tea is a bit tepid."
His mother gasps, drops her plate, and bursts into tears of joy. "My God, you can speak! Wolfgang, you can talk in full sentences! Why on earth haven't you ever said a single word to us before today?"
The boy blinks, shrugs his shoulders, and replies:
"Well, up until now, everything has been satisfactory."
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