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Bilingualism Delays Onset of Dementia
Dee writes with word of a Canadian study indicating that lifelong bilingualism delays the onset of dementia by 4 years. The scientists were reportedly "dazzled" by the results. From the article: "The researchers determined that the mean age of onset of dementia symptoms in the monolingual group was 71.4 years, while the bilingual group was 75.5 years. This difference remained even after considering the possible effect of cultural differences, immigration, formal education, employment and even gender as influencers in the results. "
Wow, does that include Fortan and Cobal? (Couldn't be C# because it requires lifelong fluency.)
I can understand English and whatever language New Zealanders speak, do I count as bilingual?
:P
Some people think bilingualism is something for 3rd world countries. Of course I've only heard this sentiment expressed in the USA.
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Must be why the Canadian government hasn't gone crazy yet.
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Be confused with multilingual voices in your head for much of your life... or just a concentrated dose for the last four years.
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
Let me be the first to say "Tengo un gato en mis pantalones."
Either that or "Tengo un sandwich de jamón en mi sombrero." After that, the conversation usually goes downhill from there.
Kuplah!
Table-ized A.I.
But if you worked as a flight attendant, it might just come in handy!
People still look at me funny when I tell them I learned english at the age of 11 and speak 5 other languages. White folks are weird.
... sheesh.
Reminds me of a Swiss guy I met in Beijing. He was already tri-lingual by the age of 16 (Swiss French, Italian, German), then learned English and Spanish after high school before going to Taiwan to study Mandarin Chinese. He was in Beijing for sight seeing before heading to Moscow to learn Russian.
And yet hardly a month goes by without another idiotic article in the paper describing how difficult it is to learn a second language. White people
- Nothing to see hear.
Kinda like how, if I learned the skill of snake charming, and I worked in an I.T. department, I wouldn't expect any extras in my paycheck
Just add "Expert with Python" to your resume.
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Nah. It's been proven that learning things like SQL flat out increase mental instability.
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Well, from what I've heard, in Western Europe it is de rigueur to speak at least three languages. It's not even admirable in countries like Switzerland and Germany, it's a standard requirement. In the UK those three languages are usually en-gb, en-us and en-au
es ist Zeit, eine neue Sprache zu lernen.
now call me grammar nazi.
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