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Old 09-06-2010, 09:34 AM   #53
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Semi-related to language, there's a really good scene in The 13th Warrior where Antonio Banderas learns the 'foreign' language by associating objects with their names as he listens to campfire discussions. Up to that point in the story they used subtitles. Once he learned it, everybody spoke English from that point forward. Not really plausible to pull off in one night, but it was enough to get past the problem.
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