She usually managed to place it completely appropriately contextually, so people other than me didn't understand that she was quoting Emeril rather than making it up as she went. It wasn't exactly echolalia, either, because as noted, she was using it IN context. It was almost like a word-acquisition skill on steroids.
Yes, EXACTLY this. It was not noticeable to others, except in the sense that she was very precocious verbally.
DS did not do this and was not as verbally advanced as a toddler. However, they both memorized very long books very young. He turned out to be the earlier reader, by almost a year, for whatever reason.
