Re: Yet another reason to hate Yahoo

From: John Smith (johnsmith225_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 12/25/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 18:32:54 -0500

"Phyl" <pab23@N0spamarama.earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:EQ_yd.12240$Z47.309@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> Neal wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 14:08:47 -0500, Captain Infinity
>> <Infinity@world.std.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It's been scientifically proven that English is the innate language of
>>> the human brain.
>>
>>
>> Ok. Sure.
>
>
> Sorry to piggyback on your post, Neal. You're right, "sure."
>
> Infants are born with the ability to make all sounds that occur in every
> language. In fact, infants will try out all of those sounds as they begin
> to babble. The sounds we use in our language are the ones that "stick" and
> the others fade away.
>
> Babies do hear voices in the womb, as well. But the "English is innate"
> theory is bonkers.

I would really love to see the source of this "scientific" proof. Although I
did see a play about Julius Caesar and dammit, if if it wasn't in English. I
guess the Romans did speak English.

John
>
> --
> Phyl/SLP
>
> Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired,
> signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not
> fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
> --- President Dwight D. Eisenhower
>

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