I've often heard it said that people speak Russian better after they've drunk vodka. Does that mean that people speak Mandarin better after they've drunk báijiǔ (白酒)?
This is an empirical question that can only be answered by rigorous scientific study. I'm in. Since I can't speak either russian or mandarin I will obviously have to serve as some sort of control. I can also recruit subjects and find undergrads to code the data for us. Maybe *this* is what I'll win and IgNobel for!
I have been considering starting a collection of the cheap domestic liquor. Of course, I'd have to determine which stuff was the cheapest firewater in each country.
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Date: 2010-02-11 06:29 am (UTC)Since I can't speak either russian or mandarin I will obviously have to serve as some sort of control. I can also recruit subjects and find undergrads to code the data for us. Maybe *this* is what I'll win and IgNobel for!
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Date: 2010-02-11 02:58 pm (UTC)I have been considering starting a collection of the cheap domestic liquor. Of course, I'd have to determine which stuff was the cheapest firewater in each country.
Perhaps we could combine research projects.
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Date: 2010-02-11 03:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-02-11 04:03 pm (UTC)