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Aerdan
Apr 14, 2012

Not Dennis NEDry

get that OUT of my face posted:

It's true that it's easier to learn different languages when you're younger. I'm not sure that's because an adult's mental process is more complicated, but I wouldn't be surprised.

It's a neuroplasticity thing, and children have much more of it than adults do.

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Aerdan
Apr 14, 2012

Not Dennis NEDry

HenryEx posted:

The first i in Mimik is long. Also yeah, you'd have to go with something like "Imitator" or "Mime" (both German words, and yeah most Germans would probably think of street performers first for the latter word), which are both heavily connected to persons, whereas mimics are not persons.

There's always 'Doppelgäng(er)'...

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