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		diggan on Dec 13, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scrabble star wins Spanish world title despite not... As far as I understand, he's not actually learning the languages he play in, he is "just" memorising words from the dictionary. Probably would make it way easier if he decided he wanted to learn one of those languages, but just knowing words doesn't make you proficient in comprehension and be able to create sentences.

imzadi on Dec 13, 2024 [–]

It's not even really learning the words, just how they are spelled. It's basically just pattern recognition.

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