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I've seen that in action. It's not only the accent, word choice also matters. Non-native speaker says something unusual, native speaker hears the nearest idioma
by B1FF_PSUVM 8y ago
I've seen that in action. It's not only the accent, word choice also matters. Non-native speaker says something unusual, native speaker hears the nearest idiomatic phrase for the situation.
Brains make up a lot of stuff, not to mention the filtering already done before the signals travel there.
- sildur 8y agoI’ve seen the things dementia brains can do to ignore the gaps in reality, and to build a consistent, but fake “reality”, and I wonder which kind of things, if any, is my brain trying to ignore right now, to keep also a consistent reality.