Posted by dorayme on 05/11/07 22:20

In article <slrnf496d5.3n7.spamspam@bowser.marioworld>,
Ben C <spamspam@spam.eggs> wrote:

> On 2007-05-10, dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > In article <1178790873.950889.7800@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
> > Travis Newbury <TravisNewbury@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> When you learned to talk, did your parents start you out with College
> >> level words or did they start you out with mama, papa, kaka, dodo?
> >
> > I hate to be pedantic, but this is a bad analogy. In fact, you
> > could not have picked a worse one. Kids don't need parents to
> > teach them words and often don't have them do so. They actually
> > and amazingly pick up any language that is around them (not
> > necessarily directed at them) till they are about 5 or 6 a bit
> > like they get to be able to walk without any special tuition.
> >
> > It would be nice if the foundation physical structures in the
> > modern brain was similarly furnished to be receptive to html and
> > css. Somehow, I suspect that human evolution never provided for
> > this. And, as a result, look at the painful process that has
> > resulted.
>
> I think most people can learn HTML and CSS in less time than 24 hours a
> day for 5 or 6 years.

You are right but only if they set out to learn it. The situation
with language and kids is quite different, they cannot help but
learn the language that is spoken around them (not necessarily to
them). With adults, it is rather different.

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dorayme

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