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xkcd #2839: Language Acquisition (xkcd.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Alt text: My first words were 'These were my first words; what were yours?'

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Vocabulary presumably means learning the meaning of something, which means the parents must have been pretty dedicated in teaching the child the word "twelve" without poisoning their mind with knowledge of how to say any other numbers.

Alternatively, that child has learned twelve words today.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

teaching the child the word "twelve" without poisoning their mind with knowledge of how to say any other numbers.

Not to mention the small things in life, like "vocabulary" and "update".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Or the kid has 12 fingers.