Comments on: Language Is Peeing: The Approximately Top Ten Reasons Why Language Acquisition = Micturition

By: 14 de maio de 2020 – _ariars_

14 de maio de 2020 – _ariars_ — Fri, 15 May 2020 12:38:58 +0000

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By: Clayton

Clayton — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 01:08:54 +0000

I know I’m super late to the party, but can we add something about making mistakes to the metaphor? Maybe from the male perspective?

When you’re first learning to pee on your own, you’re going to miss a lot. Don’t be hard on yourself, everyone misses. You’ll get better the more you pee, but don’t forget that if you want to practice peeing, you have to drink a lot.

By: Immersion Strategy: Your Ears Are Sacred | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time

Sun, 06 Oct 2013 11:38:26 +0000

[…] and other languages, you’re going to notice a strong aural trend. James (news), Jamie (peeing, German). Errybody. Of course they were visually engaged, too, as was I, but the aural engagement […]

By: JSpaceman

JSpaceman — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 19:28:46 +0000

RT @annngst: Aprender un idioma es mear. t.co/EsJx3RtXaY

By: annngst

annngst — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 19:15:01 +0000

Aprender un idioma es mear. t.co/EsJx3RtXaY

By: Learning a language is like… | Sinosplice

Learning a language is like… | Sinosplice — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:47:22 +0000

[…] Learning a language is like peeing. “You always pee less than you drank: input and passive vocab will always outstrip output and active vocab. Input precedes and exceeds output. Never expect to drink a liter and pee out a liter.” […]

By: アミール

アミール — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:06:06 +0000

Where do you find “Unscripted natural conversation” text????

By: Genevieve Yusuf

Genevieve Yusuf — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 09:22:51 +0000

and what happens when you drink too much alcohol?….really really fluent?! Great analogy and easy to read.

By: Olof

Olof — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:50:51 +0000

Sara Silverman pees with her panties on?

By: Tłumaczenia Angielski - Warszawa

Tłumaczenia Angielski - Warszawa — Sun, 27 May 2012 20:25:57 +0000

It is a shocking simile, but true like hell. For sure I will use it.

By: Romuś

Romuś — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:32:41 +0000

Beer – you pee almost instantly, almost everything you put in, you have Fun drinking and after a while even peeing. And with practice you can drink more and pee more and if you wake up the next day with a hangover, you just reach out for another beer and it keeps on rolling. With time you get addicted, you drink all the time and you don’t even bother to go to pee. You just wet your pants sitting on the couch with the pile of cans all over the place and no one’s coming to see you anymore, everyone left you. Now you’re just a lonely drunk who think to himself when he sobers up: “Life is crap” and you drink again and keep drinking. Until you die and nothings left.
What i want to say is don’t overdo it. And be careful with what you drink lest you hurt yourself. And you need some nutrients too. I mean your Japanese (baby) will die without food (knowledge, humor, stuff) as well.

By: Ken Seeroi

Ken Seeroi — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:00:47 +0000

Wow. Seriously. Wow.
Input and output. I see where you’re going . . . I mean, I see where you went, but jeez Khatz, I kind of wish you hadn’t gone there.
Some of your analogies are spot on, too. Just not sure I was prepared for that shower of golden wisdom. But I sure do need a drink all of a sudden.

By: Jimbaloo

Jimbaloo — Sun, 06 May 2012 21:55:09 +0000

Theres tons of people that can understand English perfectly yet can barely string 2 sentences together when speaking. If you go to the htlal forums you can read some ppl who talk about this problem they have….tons of passive input doesn’t necessarily translate into conversation ability. I’ve noticed that my spoken l2 ability increases in proportion to how much time I spend doing it…it’s needed for my brain to learn how to make all that passive stuff active. Ideally I like to go 50/50 on input/output once I’ve got a certain amount of vocab and comprehension.

By: Thomas Smith

Thomas Smith — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:07:06 +0000

If I might add my 2 cents to the metaphor…

Even when you’re dehydrated, it is possible to pee more by taking diuretics. (Diuretics = L1 to L2 cards, set phrase memorisation, bluffing your way through by learning how to say “thing” in L2, “Speaking From Day One”, romaji, etc)

Speaking as a doctor*, although diuretics may help you produce more urine, they have side effects that can damage your kidneys as well as your general health and well being.

*I’m not a doctor

By: Monochrome

Monochrome — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:41:06 +0000

Man, these just keep getting more & more weird.

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:30:39 +0000

I like how you get these kind of ideas across. I feel less discouraged about my progress in Korean. I haven’t been drinking as much as I’m suppose to for the necessary output. BTW, I rolf’d at the note for point 9

By: クリス

クリス — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:38:37 +0000

So this might be a stretch….but you could compare SRS reps to Kegel exercises. You know…to uh…promote “muscle memory” and prevent “unnecessary leakages of inputs” (mental incontinence). A disturbing analogy, I know, but there is some truth to it.

By: Parpar

Parpar — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:52:36 +0000

Nice analogy. I can imagine also that drinking too much can lead to peeing your pants unintentionally (thinking in the language by naturally/by accident).

By: Saradus

Saradus — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:07:03 +0000

This is one of the weirdest metaphors I’ve seen (and yet it fits perfectly). Standard khatz-style method of proving a point, love it! 🙂