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scar3crow
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by scar3crow » Sun Feb 12, 2006 07:33 pm
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... ience/home
Apparently people who game regularly, or speak more than one language fluently, benefit from this alternation and selection effect. Apparently people who do both are nigh unstoppable!
I shouldnt have dropped German!
Daedalus
The Dreaming God
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by Daedalus » Sun Feb 12, 2006 07:34 pm
Looks like I have the best of both!
scirmast
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by scirmast » Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:41 pm
Didn't know gaming would also contribute to this effect (two languages surely do).
Well, I think I must start speaking english more.
Lizzy
Is she coming or going?
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by Lizzy » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:46 am
Good thing i speak spanish , too bad i haven't played a game in ages .
RedFanatic
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by RedFanatic » Mon Feb 13, 2006 03:20 am
What! noooooo Lizzy you must play games don't go cold turkey
also who could doubt that games are in fact really good for you
r_cain
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by r_cain » Mon Feb 13, 2006 01:59 pm
hmm, does c++ count as 2nd language?
DustyStyx
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by DustyStyx » Mon Feb 13, 2006 03:18 pm
r_cain wrote: hmm, does c++ count as 2nd language?
... and if not how about Assembler?
I ought to pickup on my Mandarin again... Ni Hao Ma?
Lizzy
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by Lizzy » Mon Feb 13, 2006 03:34 pm
Bien todo depende, quizás debo volver a colina silenciosa 4, or i could change to doom. Haven't played that for some time now
da_weezle
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by da_weezle » Mon Feb 13, 2006 09:13 pm
Ik kan zeggen dat ik Nederlands ken, und Deutsch, et Français, and English. Not much gaming anymore these days though.
RedFanatic
A More Tidy Caleb
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by RedFanatic » Mon Feb 13, 2006 09:41 pm
I plan to learn spanish quite soon, and would love a shot at learning
dutch or german.
but i do play an awesome amount of games so perhaps it equals out
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Acolyte
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by mouth » Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:07 pm
oh yeah! WE ALL ROCK!
Necrosis
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by Necrosis » Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:22 pm
I soooo want to learn Japanese. Fear my Japan obsession.
Lizzy
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by Lizzy » Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:35 pm
I would rather learn Polish, it just sounds so cool i know all there is to spanish, its not even my natural language but polish owns me lol.
boss429
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by boss429 » Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:56 pm
If you learn the cultist language it would count for gaming and a secound language
RedFanatic
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by RedFanatic » Tue Feb 14, 2006 03:12 am
Yep necro you in a comono scares me
*start writing a poem in polish*