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The Skeptics Guide #911 - Dec 24 2022

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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What's the Difference Between Creole and English?

All of the creoles have common grammatical changes that they make. The children who spontaneously speak the creole revert to innate grammar. There's something about, yeah, they say that like if an alien were to come down and were to look at earth languages, that the grammar rules in the larger sphere are so generic. Like Western languages. But there is still a certain thing about grammar that is inherently human. That's what separates them from each other.

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