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The Pandemic's Effect on Language
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:28:30
Publish Date: 2021-09-22 12:47:01
Description: Turns out that some languages are less intelligible through a mask than others, and, believe it or not, it all depends on how often you use certain consonants. It’s called the McGurk effect and it’s the closest that linguistics comes to actual magic.

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