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Re:A Cephalopod Has Passed a Cognitive Test Designed for Hum... by rbanffy on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @10:57AM (#26330067)
That and their brains are insanely malleable. As someone who contemplated learning Irish as an adult, I have to say that their brains can do things ours simply can't.

And I learned Hungarian (and Portuguese) as a kid.

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Re:A Cephalopod Has Passed a Cognitive Test Designed for Hum... by OrbitRock on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @02:22PM (#26333089)
Adults can actually learn language much more quickly then children in my opinion.

The only issue is that there’s a critical window in there that shapes your accent.

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