Subj : Languages
To   : Ardith Hinton
From : Ed Vance
Date : Wed Feb 19 2025 10:34:35


> Hi, Ed!  Recently you wrote in a message to All:

>            I reckon translation is as much an art as a science...

>            ... and when I was growing up a very similar game was often played
> at children's parties.  It may take a few more repetitions when everyone
> speaks the same language.  On TV, however, the action must leave time for
> commercials.

>            As a teacher, I learned later that if you say "There are red &
> yellow chrysanthemums in Mr. McGarrity's garden" you may have exceeded the
> outer limits of someone's auditory memory &/or they didn't understand all
> your words....  :-)

> --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
>  * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)


Now that I am a Senior and have Hearing Aids I tell folks that I'm thick headed
and hard of hearing.

Might as well tell the truth.
Ed
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