tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553388201961125907.post4309708032944397459..comments2023-09-05T03:06:09.343-07:00Comments on Borders Aside: The brain is a wonderful thingbordersasidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14142674938117338592noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553388201961125907.post-223516446601347002009-12-12T05:30:47.750-08:002009-12-12T05:30:47.750-08:00Vadose- Like I said I was a neurology nurse for li...Vadose- Like I said I was a neurology nurse for like 6yrs I love the stuff, and I totally dork out over it. ;) You should look up those books you would love them. <br />Leslie- That is such and interesting story, at least you are bilingual and know what shes saying with which ever language she speaks. <br />Abby-Deff learning a new language although hard is so good on the brain.bordersasidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14142674938117338592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553388201961125907.post-28866786789920406752009-12-10T16:37:58.758-08:002009-12-10T16:37:58.758-08:00That is neat, I have heard that there are a lot of...That is neat, I have heard that there are a lot of disorders that bilingual people recover from due to speaking another language. I see it as a great thing! I would love to learn a 3rd! One day!!Abby Lee Maciashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035930300301038062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553388201961125907.post-76759286909631972009-12-07T12:16:15.480-08:002009-12-07T12:16:15.480-08:00The brain is indeed a wonderful thing. My grandmo...The brain is indeed a wonderful thing. My grandmother's first language was Spanish, but she also learned English as a child. Much later in life, she developed Alzheimer's. During her visit to Mexico, she would sit on my couch to read the Bible. She insisted on an English Bible. I handed it to her and she read it easily. She fell asleep for maybe 10 minutes. And when she woke up she began to read the Bible again. But she suddenly closed it because she couldn't understand a word of it. She then got upset that I had given her an English Bible and insisted that I give her a Spanish Bible. I gave her a Spanish Bible, which she read for a while before falling asleep again. She woke up and the same thing happened. Finally, I just gave her a Bilingual Bible. <br /><br />She often forgets to speak one language. One day she'll speak perfect English and forget that she can speak Spanish, and the very next day, it's Spanish only.Leslie Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084393882026836564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553388201961125907.post-61089593849897647802009-12-07T09:23:01.667-08:002009-12-07T09:23:01.667-08:00It is interesting, isn't it? The thing about t...It is interesting, isn't it? The thing about the stroke is, if the stroke damages the part of your brain you use to learn your first language(s), you might still be left with languages you learned later in life (assuming you learned one or more). It can work the other way, too, though. The stroke could damage the part of your brain in charge of acquired second languages, and you might, one can hope, be left with only your first language. This happened to my great grandmother. Unfortunately, she hadn't taught her children German, so she had no one who could understand her.<br /><br />You're talking about language and the brain - my second favorite topic in this great universe of things to talk about (the first is food). If you ever want to dork out over this kind of thing, please look me up! It's just my cup of tea!Vadosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453824971318511156noreply@blogger.com