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2017-10-25 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Say What? Study Says Alcohol Improves Foreign Language Skills
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Posted by Fred 2017-10-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ]  Top

#1 Didn't read the whole thing, but I wonder how much alcohol the Dutch "observers" consumed before the testing.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-10-25 00:49||   2017-10-25 00:49|| Front Page Top

#2 This explains my love for and former proficiency in the German language.
Posted by Raj 2017-10-25 01:25||   2017-10-25 01:25|| Front Page Top

#3 their Dutch observers added that the drinkers’ pronunciation of their language was better compared to the students who had not been given alcohol

Although Dutch is already a 'Germanic' tongue (somewhere between English and German), this says something about the language.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2017-10-25 08:00||   2017-10-25 08:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, I've spoken a lot of "languages" after drinking too much Bourbon...

Did I ever mention my sudden fit of fluency of French while drinking cheap Cognac in Grenoble???
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-10-25 08:48||   2017-10-25 08:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Vodka says, "You can dance and speak!"
Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2017-10-25 09:23||   2017-10-25 09:23|| Front Page Top

#6 When the junk sales phone calls come in Spanish I find a jigger of scotch helps me cuss them out in their own language.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-10-25 09:58||   2017-10-25 09:58|| Front Page Top

#7 "...fluid in several languages after the liquor loosened his tongue..."
Posted by M. Murcek 2017-10-25 11:38||   2017-10-25 11:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Yes, I'm certain drink can can help me speak in tongues, but it seems few can understand me.
Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-10-25 12:47||   2017-10-25 12:47|| Front Page Top

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