Re: Humour – an important mechanism for language learning

I don't think your conclusion is supported by your premises. Specifically, I have 5 kids and, while they all learned with humor, they still find humor in language. Specifically words like "poopy" and "fart". :)

As for Perl, I always find humor in Perl.

My criteria for good software:

Does it work?
Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?

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Re^2: Humour – an important mechanism for language learning by wade (Pilgrim) on Apr 30, 2008 at 16:24 UTC
I particularly find humor (and a little alliteration) in poopy Perl. -- Wade	[reply]
Re^2: Humour – an important mechanism for language learning by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Apr 30, 2008 at 16:25 UTC
You owe me some screen cleaner - I was eating lunch :) With three kids -- one boy ('nuff said) and one tomboyish girl, I concur completely. The other is "too refined" for that (yeah right). --MidLifeXis	[reply]