[ CC ] It is hard to say when it all started exactly , but everyday one more person starts speaking a completely different language . You are the only one who seems to notice .

Figured I might as well critique this one, since nobody else has. Sorry for being relatively late on it! 
 
 With that being said, let's dig in! 
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 **What I Liked. ** 
 
 First off, I might as well highlight the things that I liked about your piece! 
 
 And let me just say that this entire story is amazing-it reminds me of some of the more subdued horror pieces I've read, where the horror is much more mundane in nature. Special note has to go into the details you've put in, especially in regards to the `` languages'' each of the children speak, as well as how you've differentiated them-I like the touch that one of them uses a different structure from the English language altogether. 
 
 In addition, the introduction to the main idea of this piece-that the protagonist now hears everyone and sees everything as a different language-is also masterfully handled, with the introduction to the idea coming immediately after the reader is presented with something that is very different from what we would normally experience-in this case, right after our first exposure to two of the different `` languages'' in the story. Fantastic work, all around! 
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 **Nitpicks. ** 
 
 In this section, I'm simply going to highlight minor things, such as word choice and any spelling/grammar mistakes that I happen to come across. As such, I'll be quoting the story heavily here in order to make it easier to see what I'm referring to. As for my edits, words that I've added will be in **bold**, and words that I've removed will be get a ~~strikethrough~~. 
 
 > I hold my bathrobe, one leg tucked beneath my rear, the other dangling off the couch as I follow steam out from my teacup. 
 
 Probably one of the most nitpicky ones I'm going to be giving, right off the bat! I feel like this might be better as `` I hold my bathrobe, one leg tucked beneath my rear, the other dangling off **of** the couch as I follow **the** steam **coming off of** ~~out from my~~ teacup.'' But honestly, this sentence is good enough that this is really only a suggestion of how I might write it-this is really only because I fell it might flow slightly better like this. 
 
 > Symbols swirl along the border of the paper. They were letters last week. 
 
 I'm allowed to put things I like here to! Anyways, I just want to say that this is a brilliant piece of exposition that's not readily apparent on first read, but is both informative and ominous on subsequent reads! 
 
 > I say to them, but my children are old enough to know their parents lie sometimes. 
 
 I think that it might work better as: `` I say to them, but my children are old enough to know **that** their parents lie sometimes.'' 
 
 > They do n't believe I'm going to die from this. An MRI, a CAT scan, and a psychologist later and they have no specific diagnosis to provide. 
 
 I think that this might work better if it was this: `` An MRI, a CAT scan, and **later** a psychologist**, ** ~~later~~ and **none of them** ~~they~~ have ~~no~~ **any** specific diagnosis to provide.'' In this case, I've reworked it so that it puts more of an emphasis on the ending of the line, though in all honesty it might have been fine before as well-this is just what I think might flow better. 
 
 > She grabs my arm and almost knocks my tea onto the carpet in our living room. 
 
 I'd change this to: `` She grabs my arm and almost knocks my tea onto the carpet ~~in our living room~~.'' In this case, we do n't need to know exactly what room they're all in, and as such, it can be safely dropped. This is a pretty harmless one, and mostly got highlighted because I'm really looking for these. 
 
 >'' Deleek and Croostoom,'' 
 
 I think it should probably be ``'' Deleek'' and `` Croostoom,'''', so that it is more in line with the examples given. 
 
 But yup, that's about for nitpicks! Onto the bigger stuff! 
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 **Major Edits. ** 
 
 Like I've said earlier, I really loved the entire thing! About the only thing that's giving me concern is the ending. This is partially my fault-on my first read through, I was probably speed-reading at least a little in order to start my critique, and so misread it as the protagonist hearing her husband speaking another language, not the protagonist hearing herself speaking another language. And to be fair, it's a wonderfully creative idea that still follows the rules of the prompt, and is perfectly clear if one takes the time to slow down and really read over it. I'm just concerned that others will also make the same mistake I made. I wish I had some suggestions for how to better clarify that without being clunky, but none are coming to mind now. Sorry! Nevertheless, that might be something you want to keep in mind somewhat. 
 
 And with that, we've reached the end of my critique! Hopefully you found this somewhat helpful! Until then, this is /u/Fragmentary_Remains saying see ya, and happy writing!
