I understand that when learning a foreign language after a certain age

the knowledge of grammar and vocab is stored in a separate place in the brain to the native language, while those brought up in bi- or multilingual environments from an early age store this information in the same cerebral area.

clearly two very different processes are going on.
Makes you think doesn't it? or perhaps it doesn't, I don't know.

Posted By: Worzel Scrimmage on March 25th 2010 at 16:14:43

Message Thread

I need help oh wise Wroth (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:21:26
- "in your opinion" (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 25, 16:31:34
- all eventualities safeguarded (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Mar 25, 15:58:11
  - can't argue with that (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:59:19
    - or "backs are covered" (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:00:07
      - fuck it, I'll just delete that text and pretend this never happened (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:04:51
        
        we've moved on to films now (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:05:26
        
        did you watch the dolphins? (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:27:13
        
        no (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:28:47
        
        just watch it ffs (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:29:58
- Teflon? Arse covered? Lillywhite? (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Mar 25, 15:56:30
- A bird in the hand is worth one up the bum no babies till May is out. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Mar 25, 15:47:24
- invincible (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:29:09
- cover your arse (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Mar 25, 15:28:00
  - that's what one would say (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:30:21
    - cover one's posterior? (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Mar 25, 15:35:42
- all greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:26:35
  - only mugs go green (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:27:04
    - the incredible hulk ain't no mug (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:28:05
- I am fully comp (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:23:20
- Up shit creek with a pair of paddles and an outboard motor (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 25, 15:23:05
- watch your back (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:22:20
  - yes, Watch your back, that's it (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:25:01
    - lol (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:25:15
      - I'm afraid not Charles (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:29:38
        
        all fronts blocked? (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:31:25
- all your bases covered? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:21:52
  - that one anticiapates all possibilities (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:25:50
    - I know (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:28:14
      - that's why it's correct (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:32:35
        
        but you said it makes you immune (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:34:35
        
        by being covered you are immune you thicko (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:35:37
        
        He seems to getting pwned on an almost daily basis at the moment (General Chat) - Huge Small, Mar 25, 15:41:29
        
        lolfage (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:48:09
        
        but that's not the same thing as covering all bases (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:37:17
        
        listen to me (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:42:26
        
        being prepared isn't having your back covered (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:46:37
        
        having your back covered is how it's termed in spanish (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:49:32
        
        but that's an english term too (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:51:13
        
        and there you have the strength and weakness of Spanish in a nutshell (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:02:47
        
        i've never been able to learn other languages (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:05:01
        
        I firmly believe that this is because language teaching at school is totally inefficient (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:16:41
        
        how do you teach yourself? (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:17:48
        
        probably not, might help though (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:22:05
        
        these old italian managers don't seem to be doing too bad (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:23:21
        
        paying for top class private lessons from expensive language insitutes though (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:28:33
        
        English is everywhere (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:26:49
        
        even if i went to italy (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:28:17
        
        with that attitude...no chance (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 16:36:44
        
        probably not (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:29:25
        
        na, just need to avoid twats who speak english (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:31:26
        
        or medication (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:30:26
        
        has your english improved much this year? (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:20:08
        
        loool (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:20:41
        
        or taught at a young age (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:05:31
        
        I understand that when learning a foreign language after a certain age (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:14:43
        
        sure does (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:16:10
        
        agreed (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:18:21
        
        I how so too (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:50:55
        
        by definition, if you are prepared your back is covered (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:47:32
        
        no (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:49:32
        
        Well if we have all our bases and our backs covered (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 15:50:52
        
        yeah if we have our backs covered we'll fucking kill em (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:51:52
        
        having your back covered does not make you immune to a nuclear bomb (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:50:42
        
        if does if the cover is nuclear bomb proof (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:52:52
        
        Norwich City can be prepared for the Leeds match (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:54:10
        
        impossible (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:55:42
        
        just highlights the poor standard of English education when you were studying, imo (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:57:34
        
        you'll notice no grade was mentioned (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:58:25
        
        for good reason (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:00:08
        
        a B is nothing special in my o (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:00:36
        
        but if they did that they wouldn't have prepared well enough (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 15:57:22
        
        preparing and executing that preparation are different beasts (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:58:45
        
        in your opinion (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 15:59:57
        
        was sound ta (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:02:09
        
        just accept it's Lost in Translation (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:59:36
        
        yeah i did say it was ambiguous (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:01:52
        
        nothing was happening (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:02:40
        
        beautifully filmed and acted (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:03:33
        
        possibly one of the 3 greatest films of all time (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 16:00:48
        
        in your opinion (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:01:33
        
        that seems the way with that film (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 16:03:38
        
        Into The Wild wins that award (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:06:19
        
        great film (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:08:56
        
        yeah nice (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 16:07:26
        
        did you visit San Pedro when in Worzel land? (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:15:41
        
        I did but got stuck in the cunting place for a few days (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 16:23:09
        
        We were stuck there for days on end too (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:26:05
        
        although running down the sand dunes was a lot of fun (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 16:23:46
        
        most people pass the time by drinking in those wild west saloon type bars (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:30:41
        
        I read a couple of books and watched some films (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 16:35:01
        
        what about mescaline? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 16:55:04
        
        alaska looks brilliant (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:09:44
        
        having flown over it and stopped off at the airport there (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 16:11:10
        
        isn't it dark for a lot of the year? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:12:26
        
        not sure (General Chat) - Brandonio, Mar 25, 16:14:33
        
        no that would be benjamin fucking button (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:02:34
        
        genuine LOL (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:04:45
        
        vvvvv (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:59:06
        
        you've seen the porn version as well? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 16:03:50
        
        no (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 16:10:06
        
        no, that's a class film (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 16:03:01
        
        you have no idea what humans can achieve (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:57:13
        
        or, one might say, you have insured against conceding a run (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:45:30
        
        anyway the phrase was having your back covered (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:39:53
        
        it's because phrases in other languages can't necessarily be translated literally (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:39:05
        
        the whole world should just speak english (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:40:34
        
        Alright. You first (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 25, 15:41:32
        
        lollers (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:43:02
        
        lol (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:41:53
        
        do you know where the term 'cover all you bases' comes from? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:38:48
        
        All your base are belong to us (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 25, 15:41:44
        
        cue frantic googling by SCC (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:40:11
        
        yes (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:40:06
        
        so why are you arguing then? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:40:34
        
        because worzel was talking about having your back covered (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:41:22
        
        i know - but covering all your bases can mean the same thing. Which you know, if you (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:42:04
        
        which is why I've already added it into the text, thanks Lee, job done (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:46:44
        
        glad to be have service (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:48:55
        
        it comes from rugby (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:43:36
        
        it's all very ambiguous (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:43:27
        
        i.e. SCC is fucked in this argument, and can't find a way out. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:44:12
        
        Indeed and the demise continues (General Chat) - The Demise Of SCC, Mar 25, 15:48:41
        
        no i've explained it in full (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:45:28
        
        of course. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:45:59
        
        you can see how it goes to the edge of the screen now can't you? (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:46:44
        
        rofl (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:47:43
        
        fuck me, my F5 button is no longer visable from the wear (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:48:17
        
        English is dying slowly (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:43:52
        
        tbf imo (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 25, 15:44:05
  - aha! that's the one I couldn't think of (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:23:48
    - only ones that go into corporate buzzword bullshit bingo. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 25, 15:25:29
      - that's ok, go for it (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 25, 15:29:05
      - we need to brainstorm guys (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 25, 15:27:26

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