Like a seed down in the soil, gotta give it time

Sometimes there is a convergence of things.

I got to talking with my sister about language acquisition, and about running. Now, if you don't know my sister -- have you seen the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic episode with the running of the leaves? Where everyone makes fun of Twilight Sparkle for being an egghead about running, and she is an egghead about running, but it serves her well because she's good at pacing herself through the race? That's my sister. She knows all about glycogen and VO2 Max and things.

( First let's talk about language acquisition! )

( End long digression about language acquisition! )