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Friday, January 16, 2009
Friday Funny - Innateness Theory Joke
A childless Canadian couple decided to adopt a Mexican baby. After they got the baby, they decided to enroll in a Spanish class. When asked why, the wife replied, "so that when the baby starts to talk, we'll be able to understand him."
they should have studied Hebrew...King James IV of Scotland (1473-1513) attempted to identify the most primitive language. He placed two very young children with an attendant who did not speak to them at all. According to James the Fourth, an attendant reported to him that the Scottish children matured and, “Spak very guid Ebrew.”
2 comments:
Are you sure these Canadian folks weren't really Polish? ;)
(I shouldn't make fun of the Polish, considering I'm one of 'em, but I just had to say it!)
they should have studied Hebrew...King James IV of Scotland (1473-1513) attempted to identify the most primitive language. He placed two very young children with an attendant who did not speak to them at all. According to James the Fourth, an attendant reported to him that the Scottish children matured and, “Spak very guid Ebrew.”
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