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drray23

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7. Your son is accomplished.

Reply to NNadir (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 08:06 AM

17 hrs ago

As a side note, I recently saw a paper discussing the effect of being multilingual on the onset of Alzeimer. Apparently, knowing more than one language sharply reduces your probability of getting Alzeimer in later age and this benefit increases the more languages you speak.
They posited that this had to do with the fact that many areas of the brain are involved when speaking multiple languages and this had a beneficial effect.

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Papers by Chinese Authors in American Scientific Journals Are Beginning to Use Chinese Currency in Lieu of Dollars. [View all] NNadir 18 hrs ago OP

I agree JBTaurus83 18 hrs ago #1

The Chinese language has been highly resilient over more than three millenia dedl67 16 hrs ago #9

Mandarin or one of their other languages? malaise 18 hrs ago #2

My son speaks and reads Mandarin. His brother, my other son, who spent last summer in China, also speaks some Mandarin. NNadir 18 hrs ago #3

Fabulous malaise 17 hrs ago #6

Your son is accomplished. drray23 17 hrs ago #7

So what do you get when you ask Google translate to go from English to Chinese? 3Hotdogs 16 hrs ago #8

I agree that China will soon dominate in critical areas of science and engineering dedl67 18 hrs ago #4

I understand this sentiment and the US is indeed blowing our lead in technology and science LymphocyteLover 17 hrs ago #5

I think you are overstating the situation. China has numerous problems of its own and, while it may Wonder Why 16 hrs ago #10

I have heard, so as to believe it, that over 70% of the people in the Chinese government hold technical engineering... NNadir 14 hrs ago #11

As somone with an advanced engineering degree, I can safely say that it doesn't qualify me as Wonder Why 14 hrs ago #12

Well, are you here to argue that a "good government leader" of the type you describe in the current administration,... NNadir 14 hrs ago #14

A lot of Trump's actions benefit China. yardwork 14 hrs ago #13