In David Baldacci’s novel, The Hit, the lead character, Will Robie, knows Arabic. Oh, and so does his female counterpart. Just like that. Without any mention of how or why. Without any reference to their using and refining it in real life. Well, it just doesn’t work like that. You don’t simply pick up a language like some isolated skill. It’s not like learning to ride a bicycle and never forgetting.
So I guess what I’m saying is that authors don’t know. People haven’t got a clue.
In other news, I’m still tweaking the introduction of Any Language I Like.
Today: J5 G1
Total: J272 D144 G50 P37 F26 Sp21 Da1 A2 R1
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