The Native American Origins of Jack and Jill—Mary Hadlitt-Lamb SpecGram Vol CLXXIV, No 3 Contents Dubious Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know—Madalena Cruz-Ferreira

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1 Someone has to teach the general population that we aren’t all polyglots (or worse, translators).2

2 Tip: never mistake a translator for an interpreter.3

3 Rarely a misconception lasting more than ten seconds, however.4

4 At least that’s what the translators/interpreters think.

5 And it’s called Pirahã.

The Native American Origins of Jack and JillMary Hadlitt-Lamb
Dubious Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t KnowMadalena Cruz-Ferreira
SpecGram Vol CLXXIV, No 3 Contents