From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:21:44 +0100, Jeroen Belleman   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 1/31/26 00:53, john larkin wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:49:12 +0100, Jeroen Belleman   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 1/30/26 21:00, Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester wrote:   
   >>>> Bill Sloman  wrote:   
   >>>> |------------------------------------------------------------------------|   
   >>>> |"Languages aren't learned any faster if you learn them young"           |   
   >>>> |------------------------------------------------------------------------|   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It is much easier for a child to learn a language than it is for an   
   >>>> old person.   
   >>>   
   >>> An often repeated myth, entirely untrue.   
   >>>   
   >>> Adults can learn a new language in much less time than a   
   >>> child, provided they are motivated and immersed. Those are   
   >>> the keys, motivation and immersion.   
   >>>   
   >>> Jeroen Belleman   
   >>   
   >> Adults rarely acquire a new accent at native level.   
   >>   
   >> https://news.mit.edu/2018/cognitive-scientists-define-critica   
   -period-learning-language-0501   
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   >>   
   >> John Larkin   
   >> Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center   
   >> Lunatic Fringe Electronics   
   >   
   >True, but those natives probably don't have the linguistic   
   >abilities of the foreign speaker. Your thinking is shaped   
   >by language, and speaking more languages is enriching.   
   >   
   >I'm native Dutch, but I've been told I have a French   
   >accent now.   
   >   
   >Jeroen Belleman   
      
   Which language is best for thinking about electronics?   
      
   I think circuits in pictures, not words, but people are very   
   different.   
      
      
   John Larkin   
   Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center   
   Lunatic Fringe Electronics   
      
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