I’d seen this before and you’re right – I did get to laugh all over again at these two. I happened upon a YouTube recording of a TED Talk about language called The Birth of a Word featuring MIT researcher Deb Roy. It’s a fascinating study on how children acquire language. Here’s one link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE4ce4mexrU
What fascinating creatures we are and what marvelous things we can learn with our newer technologies! Misanthropy temporarily suspended 