magicicada (
magicicada) wrote2007-01-12 02:46 pm
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Two advantages of bilingualism:
It can delay dementia
It leads to checking out foreign sites with much more interesting ads than the U.S.
It can delay dementia
It leads to checking out foreign sites with much more interesting ads than the U.S.
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I can currently speak English (relatively fluently), a little Spanish (it comes and goes, can't really explain why as I used to be fluent as a kid), and a little bit of Japanese.
I'd like to get my French back, but I can only read French now, not speak it. I f R gets a job where he's more local, we'll take Japanese lessons together.
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I think being multi-lingual makes you use more of your brain because you have to process things differently in different languages. That way it's less likely to fall apart ;-)
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i lay no claim to brilliance as i am still a regular idiot in my french classes. the willingness to be an idiot is the only way to learn, but it does not make it less painful.
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I can't pick up a foreign language to save my life. I just "get" computer languages. To me they are nothing like, but I am wired differently.