Indyposted, By Rudi Stettner, OCT, 14, 2010
Some parents have a hard time understanding their kids, but for the parents of Dimitrije Mitrovic in Nis, Serbia, this problem has taken on an odd and inexplicable dimension. When he was only 3 years ols, little Dimitrie woke up speaking perfect English. No one knew where the little boy picked up his English. Although Dimitrie’s mother had some knowledge of English,she soon needed a translator to understand what her son was saying. Now at the age of 11, Dimitri’s family and friends no longer understand him.
There are many levels of language proficiency, and Dimitrie Mitrovic’s English is on a high level, in both written and spoken forms. The Croatia Times reports as follows on the mysterious abilities of Dimitri Mitrovic.
“By the time he was five, Dimitrije was reciting entire Harry Potter novels to his pals in English and now he rarely speaks his mother tongue unless he has to.
“I dream in English, speak it, and if stub my toe I’ll curse in English too,” he said.”
Experts fumble for a way to classify and understand Mitrovic’s interesting ability, describing it as “autistic” in nature. Despite such a diagnosis, Mitrovic’s mom, Dragana describes her son as a nice, normal kid who “just seems to think he’s English.”
Professors of English in Dimitrie’s home town of Nis are awed and perplexed by the little boy’s proficiency in English, noting that “We have talked to him for an hour in English and he speaks the language better than we do, like he was born speaking it.”
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