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I thought I was the only one who had a problem with lyrics. Parsing language must interfere with the same part of the brain that programming requires.
by aswanson 19y ago
I thought I was the only one who had a problem with lyrics. Parsing language must interfere with the same part of the brain that programming requires.
- mdemare 19y agoStrangely, even though I'm nearly fluent in English, I can tune out English lyrics effortlessly, but not Dutch ones (my native language).
- Hexstream 19y agoSimilarly for me, I can understand spoken english almost perfectly easily but I'm having a hard time understanding even a couple words from an english song even if I try hard. (native language: french)
- DaniFong 19y agoStrangely, I only have a problem with lyrics when I'm not singing them. That, of course, doesn't take into account to possibility that while singing, others might have a problem with me. ;-)
- AndyKelley 19y agoThis must be true. However, once I've heard a song 20-30 times, it no longer causes distractions. Then again, when I work on a problem that takes 100% of my thinking power and concentration, I have to press pause, shut the door, and close my eyes.
- randallsquared 19y agoI'm beginning to think I'm the only one who doesn't. Songs with lyrics are better for me than pure instrumental songs... I code best to europop and hip hop. [edit: and by "hip hop" I mean gangsta rap, not stuff like Digable Planets.]