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# sleep is good, m'kay?
have you ever left the t'v on when you've been asleep and there's been a show on in another language? i swear, just as you're waking up, you can understand it! that's my 'universal translator' theory in a nutshell*

*isn't really crazy
(, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 12:59, archived)
# sleeping in language classes comes really naturally too
you may be on to something
(, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 13:04, archived)
# i'm sure there's something to it
i've passed out in many a spanish hotel room, often with the telly on. i can always understand what's being said, right up until the point that i wake up properly. my theory is that we all have an inbuilt universal translator, but our brains can't cope with it yet, so it only comes through in our subconscious.
(, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 13:10, archived)