Teaching English to monkeys Quote of the Day
“There are other researchers who have been able to teach animal to tell if someone is speaking Japanese or Dutch”
Neurologist Jan Schnupp on Material World, BBC Radio 4 20 March 08- download it quick because it’ll be gone on the 27th, though you’ll still be able to listen to it on your computer through BBC Player after that.
Other interesting stuf from the programme:
You can understand Monty Python if it is divided into 20 milisecond chunks that is each played backwards.
And apparently some people change their accent when they have a stroke.