Daily Archives: June 25, 2018

Perhaps! https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/arts/that-syllable-everyone-recognizes.html

If you are an English or Italian speaker, you may say “thank you” more than others, but still omit it in many instances when interlocutors comply with your requests: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/arts/23thank-you.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

Both your inherent speaking style (whether you tolerate silences or not) and gender (yours and the speakers’) may affect how you view interruptions: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/may/18/why-do-people-interrupt-it-depends-on-whom-youre-talking-to

Why is it that some people hear “laurel” and some hear “yanni”? There is a phonological explanation: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/dont-rest-on-your-laurels/560483/

Such language loss is possible, but depends on a number of factors, such as age, frequency of use, etc.: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180606-can-you-lose-your-native-language

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/21/622160278/koko-the-gorilla-dies-redrew-the-lines-of-animal-human-communication

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/08/koko_kanzi_and_ape_language_research_criticism_of_working_conditions_and.html