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Speaking 2 languages may delay getting Alzheimer's
- Thread starter sparkchaser
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-Carlos-
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Does this mean that those of us who speak three or more languages can actually give someone Alzheimers?
I am trilingual myself. I guess I can kick that illness off the death list. A Mack truck will likely smash into me and I will explode into pieces of flesh and bones.
Question: How many languages do I need to learn before I become immortal.
That study is hogwash. Live in the moment and take advantage of everything this life has to offer. We are not just sitting on a rock waiting to die, we are living creatures.
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beer good
Well-Known Member
I never realised you had a medical degree. What, in particular, do you find wrong with the study? And do rocks really wait to die?
beer good
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On the other hand, speak more than one language making you terrorist. You wouldn't want be a terrorist, would you, commie?
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On the other hand, speak more than one language making you terrorist. You wouldn't want be a terrorist, would you, commie?
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Words fail me. So here is an image:
direstraits
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Damn sparky, thanks for the awesome godzilla pic.
OK, so after feeling a bit like the Ugly American last weekend, I have decided to become quad-lingual. Or at the very least fluent enough to survive for a week in a foreign country.
But you live in a foreign country?
Yes.
'mericans *shakes head*
I am fine in Germany and Austria. Spain, too. It's the Other Places that are problematic.
beer good
Well-Known Member
English, Spanish, German and...?
Russian. I want to learn Russian. At least enough to get by without getting myself killed. Hell, just getting the alphabet down would be a major milestone.
Fate
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I'm trilingual - English, Danish, Lakota, (and passable Latin) - however, given the past experience of Alzheimer research, which has had more theories than Harold Camping has dates for The Rapture, I don't think I'll rely on being able to master several languages to keep the effects of the disease at bay.
No, I shall take comfort in the fact that when I sink into the depths of dementia my incoherent ramblings will be done in a melding of English, Danish and Lakota.
No, I shall take comfort in the fact that when I sink into the depths of dementia my incoherent ramblings will be done in a melding of English, Danish and Lakota.
kowalskil
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Some people should not be allowed to speak at all. In any language.
I'm trilingual - English, Danish, Lakota, (and passable Latin) - however, given the past experience of Alzheimer research, which has had more theories than Harold Camping has dates for The Rapture, I don't think I'll rely on being able to master several languages to keep the effects of the disease at bay.
No, I shall take comfort in the fact that when I sink into the depths of dementia my incoherent ramblings will be done in a melding of English, Danish and Lakota.
Lakota? Impressive. How'd you learn that in Australia?