Bilingualism Delays Onset of Dementia 472
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 (Score:5, Funny)
Great (Score:3, Funny)
Some people think bilingualism is bad (Score:4, Funny)
hmm (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Great (Score:2, Funny)
It should, because it certainly isn't english.
anklebiter: toddler, kids
home and hosed: safe, completed successfully
corker: very good
get off the grass: exclamation of disbelief; equivalent to "stop pulling my leg" and "no way"
Good on ya, mate!: congratulations
skiting: bragging
Wally: incompetent person, loser (my name's Wally, you insensitive clod!)
and many more [nz.com].
Simple conservation of confusion (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Some people think bilingualism is bad (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I'd just like to say... (Score:5, Funny)
Either that or "Tengo un sandwich de jamón en mi sombrero." After that, the conversation usually goes downhill from there.
Kuplah! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Wow (Score:4, Funny)
Fixed.
Re:Stands to reason (Score:5, Funny)
But if you worked as a flight attendant, it might just come in handy!
Re:Cause or effect? (Score:3, Funny)
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
Re:Stands to reason (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Re:Stands to reason (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Stands to reason (Score:3, Funny)
What is a valuable skill? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I do a wee bit better than that. (Score:3, Funny)
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.
Re:Wunderschöne pink elephant? (Score:3, Funny)
now call me grammar nazi.
Re:Wow (Score:2, Funny)
It's OK, according to the study, as long as he's fluent in Cobol and FORTRAN, he doesn't need English! :)
Re:SEND THE ILLIGAL MEXICANS HOME (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Wow (Score:4, Funny)