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A cross HEI initiative to introduce #linguistics into #languages teaching in schools. As seen in @timeshighered.bsky.social @economist.com NatGeo www.linguisticsinmfl.co.uk

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Higher Education Policy Institute @hepi-news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New Post: Back to Erasmus+: the value of international exchange www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/09/03/b...
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Back to Erasmus+: the value of international exchange - HEPI
Join the Policy Institute at King’s College London and HEPI on Tuesday 15 September, from 6.30pm to 7.45pm, at Bush House, London, for a free event exploring the future of higher education in…
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Our colleague @saschastollhans.bsky.social has written a piece for @uk.theconversation.com commenting on language learning trends emerging from today's A-level results and the @britishcouncil.bsky.social Language Trends surveys: theconversation.com/a-level-resu...
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A-level results: key takeaways for language learning
Combined A-level entries in French, German and Spanish rose slightly in absolute terms in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
#Humanities Forward is out and it’s all 🔓 thanks to funding from AHRC. Therein we ( @inmfl.bsky.social ) we offer a manifesto for #linguistics in UK-based #language teaching off the back of work we have done with teachers ! www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.... @hetanshah.bsky.social
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Opportunity, Innovation, Policy in the 21st Century
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Our project member @saschastollhans.bsky.social (@lcsleeds.bsky.social) has penned an informative piece on the use of gender-neutral pronouns in language exams and the way in which language teaching responds to linguistic change: theconversation.com/gender-neutr... @uk.theconversation.com
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Gender-neutral pronouns in French exams: how language classrooms respond to linguistic change
Should language teaching describe how a language is used, or how it should be used?
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 18/06/2026
Should language teaching describe how a language is used, or how it should be used?
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Gender-neutral pronouns in French exams: how language classrooms respond to linguistic change
Should language teaching describe how a language is used, or how it should be used?
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UCFL - University Council For Languages @ucflangs.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Have you heard the recent House of Lords debate led by Baroness Coussins (Chair of the APPG for Modern Languages), which addresses language education across schools and universities in the UK? Baroness Coussins’ intervention is at 15:37 and can be viewed here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
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Sascha Stollhans @saschastollhans.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Happy #ShoutOutForGerman week! Learning #German has lots of benefits, it’s fun and not as hard as some may think: theconversation.com/learning-ger... @uk.theconversation.com @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social @daad-uk-ireland.bsky.social @uk.diplo.de @ags-gbi.bsky.social @britgerassoc.bsky.social
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Learning German has many benefits for young people – and it’s not as hard as its reputation suggests
Learning a language gives you unique insights into different cultures, societies and perspectives.
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“2025 in review: making the case for #linguistics in language teaching and learning” - Find out more about our activities in 2025, including publications, talks, new materials, and public engagement, and read about some of our plans for 2026: www.linkedin.com/pulse/2025-r... #MFL #languages
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2025 in review: making the case for linguistics in language teaching and learning
Our project is concerned with exploring and explaining the relationship between linguistics (the analytical and critical study of language) and language education, especially within a UK context. We a...
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Great news that the Languages Research Database is now live, including our entry “Linguistics makes language learning more relevant and attractive for pupils”: university-council-for-languages.org/research/lin... #linguistics #languages #languagelearning
Screenshot of database entry, accessible via link
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Our @saschastollhans.bsky.social has commented on the recent good news concerning our re-entry to the Erasmus+ scheme: theconversation.com/uk-to-re-joi... @euerasmusplus.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @ucflangs.bsky.social #Erasmus
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UK to re-join Erasmus+ – here are six benefits of the European exchange scheme
Erasmus+ an accessible and well-supported programme.
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Then from 3.30pm @saschastollhans.bsky.social will be taking part in a roundtable “Towards a Sustainable Future for Languages in UK Education” organised by @leedscitylanguages.bsky.social. You can join in person in Leeds or watch the debate online: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/round...
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
We look forward to being being involved in two exciting events today: you can join our project lead @mishee54.bsky.social at 2pm (UK time) for a webinar on “Why language teaching needs linguistics”, hosted by GLOW - register here to receive the Zoom link: glowlinguistics.org/blog/glowing...
Flyer for Michelle Sheehan’s talk
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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
This free online workshop “From linguistic research to classroom practice: how different perspectives shape #grammar #teaching” may be of interest to teachers on here: linguisticsinmfl.co.uk/events/works... #edusky #langsky #linguistics @inmfl.bsky.social @saschastollhans.bsky.social
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
“Does #German sound aggressive and #French romantic?” All invited to this public talk about attitudes to #languages by project member @saschastollhans.bsky.social taking place on 18 November at @universityofleeds.bsky.social: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/talk-... #LeedsCityOfLanguages
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Talk: Does German sound aggressive and French romantic? by Prof Sascha Stollhans | Leeds City of Languages
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OASIS Database @oasisdatabase.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
✨ New OASIS Summary! ✨ ▶️Including linguistics in A-level language classes is easy and effective according to teachers www.oasis-database.org/details/mctu...
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
This sounds like a great initiative! We look forward to exploring it and contributing!
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Leeds City of Languages @leedscitylanguages.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Alliance Française Leeds are offering free online French lessons as part of Leeds City of Languages. If you would like to find out more about them and how to sign up check our website: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/onlin... #leedscityoflanguages #french #languages
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
We are delighted to support @leedscitylanguages.bsky.social - a two-week celebration of languages, cultures and global connections! Take a look at the varied programme of over 80 events taking place in and around Leeds and online, and the dedicated resources page for schools! #LeedsCityOfLanguages
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
We aren't quite on the summer roadshow yet, but you will find us next at Generative Linguistics in the Old World (GLOW) conference with @mishee54.bsky.social representing #edusky #langsky #linguistics
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
📣 Follow our brandnew LinkedIn page for project updates and more resources: “Linguistics in MFL” www.linkedin.com/company/ling...
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Linguistics in MFL | 36 followers on LinkedIn. Making the case for the place of linguistics in school-based language teaching and learning. | The ‘Linguistics in Modern Foreign Languages’ (or MFL) Pro...
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
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#ualberta #lingq #espacelift | Anne-José Villeneuve
Avez-vous déjà entendu parler du langage inclusif? Ça vous intrigue? Joignez-vous à la conférence de David Heap (U Western Ontario), intitulée "Le langage inclusif: pourquoi, comment et pour qui?" lun...
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Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Rethinking language education in the school curriculum in England www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Rethinking language education in the school curriculum in England
This Special Collection comprises contributions to the debate on languages across the school curriculum from leading researchers and practitioners in the field. It aims to support the strengthening...
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
It's been a busy summer for @inmfl ! We recently won @newcastleuni.bsky.social's Inclusive Education, Life Long Learning and CPD Award. For teachers interested in our project here's a little video about us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT9R... #linguistics #edusky
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Inclusive Education, Life Long Learning and CPD Award - Linguistics in Modern Foreign Languages
YouTube video by Newcastle University Engagement
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
The team - represented here by @mishee54.bsky.social @jrkasstan.bsky.social - at #SLE this week to make the case that the govt’s curriculum review is an opportunity to reimagine how we can deliver language teaching. More here: linguisticsinmfl.co.uk/wp-content/u... #edusky #linguistics
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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
The *53rd* Cambridge Romance #Linguistics Seminar is coming down the pipe (6-7 Jan 2026) - very friendly and informal/great for PhDs (with a sterling conference dinner if the budget will stretch) - CfP for a very doable 300 word abstract here: linguistlist.org/issues/36/22... #edusky #langsky
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LINGUIST List 36.2251 Confs: Cambridge Romance Linguistics Seminar 53 (United Kingdom)
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
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Sascha Stollhans @saschastollhans.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Including linguistics in A-level language classes is easy and effective according to teachers: an accessible summary of our 2024 @berj-2025.bsky.social study (doi.org/10.1002/berj...) is now available via @oasisdatabase.bsky.social: www.oasis-database.org/details/mctu... #linguistics #languages
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
There is now a 🔓 1-page summary of our @berj-2025.bsky.social paper on co-creating #linguistics materials with teachers on the OASIS database 👉 www.oasis-database.org/details/mctu... #langsky #mflsky #edusky
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Our work was cited in the new @hepi-news.bsky.social report as an example of how #linguistics can help to reverted the decline in language learning in schools 👇
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UCFL - University Council For Languages @ucflangs.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
New HEPI report calls for urgent action on revitalising language learning - @ucflangs.bsky.social welcomes the release of a new HEPI report, sponsored by Duolingo, thqt highlights the urgent need to support and improve the uptake of languages: university-council-for-languages.org/2025/07/31/n...
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New HEPI report calls for urgent action on revitalising language learning
UCFL welcomes the release of a new HEPI report, sponsored by Duolingo, that highlights the urgent need for action to support and improve the uptake of languages at school level and beyond. It empha…
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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Evidence for the cognitive advantages of #bilingualism may be inconclusive, but it’s still a superpower! #edusky #langsky #mflsky #linguistics
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UCFL - University Council For Languages @ucflangs.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The UCFL small grant scheme is currently open for applications, with a deadline on 4 July: university-council-for-languages.org/ucml-small-g... Applications for the Postgraduate Bursaries are also welcomed, with the same application deadline : university-council-for-languages.org/ucml-pg-burs....
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UCFL Small Grants Scheme
UCFL Small Grants Scheme The Scheme: Context Following targeted support to UCFL representative groups in the devolved regions/jurisdictions, UCFL has made available small-scale grant funding to fac…
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Another #language piece in the @theconversation.com @uk.theconversation.com (by our own @saschastollhans.bsky.social) focusing on #German and the benefit of language learning/of a curriculum that introduces students to #linguistics and linguistic concepts theconversation.com/learning-ger... #edusky
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Learning German has many benefits for young people – and it’s not as hard as its reputation suggests
Learning a language gives you unique insights into different cultures, societies and perspectives.
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Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Free Thinking - Language - BBC Sounds
Matthew Sweet and guests explore the way language unites and divides us.
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Mathieu Avanzi @mathieuavanzi.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Qui dort dîne ? Pourcentage d’utilisation du mot #dîner au sens de « repas du midi » - 1995 vs 2015
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Evangelia Adamou 🦋 @evangelia.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
“In prison I began to think in a more systematic way about language,” he told the Guardian in 2006. “Why was I not detained before, when I wrote in English?” He decided from then on to write in Gikuyu, that “the only language I could use was my own”. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87
Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Do you speak a language other than English and are you based in Australia? Help @tazinabdullah.bsky.social improve multilingual domestic violence support information by undertaking a 30-minutes survey! You will get a $10 voucher for your participation. www.languageonthemove.com/research-par...
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Research participants needed to evaluate multilingual online communications
If you are proficient in one or more languages other than English, please help me investigate how linguistically diverse Australians find information about support services for domestic violence on…
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Sascha Stollhans @saschastollhans.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
For anyone who would like to hear me muse about #languages, #education, #linguistics and #penguins, a recording of my inaugural lecture is now available: youtu.be/VACFboUKp_U Thank you very much to @grabill.bsky.social and @emmacayley.bsky.social for their wonderful introduction and response!
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Sascha Stollhans Inaugural Lecture: Watch your language!
YouTube video by Leeds AHRI
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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org · 27/05/2025
An interesting analysis of gender and dialogue in movies, incl. a Disney subset. Gender is just one characteristic that comes into play on our screens. In a recent @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast ep, @brynnquick.bsky.social and I discussed accents and how they can shape how we see the world
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Whiteness, Accents, and Children’s Media
In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Laura Smith-Khan about language and accents in children’s media, from Octonauts to Disney to Bluey, and they investi…
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Ana de Medeiros @anademedeiros.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
A great opportunity to join a wonderful team of French Lecturers @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social : www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...
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Lecturer of French Language Education - London (Greater) (GB) job with KINGS COLLEGE LONDON | 393656
The successful candidate will join a team of 15 lecturers of French and will be involved in all the activities of the Language Centre, including ...
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I think you have read that very differently than what we’ve tried to argue. Teachers are absolutely not the problem.
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I don’t think we are taking a side or attacking you here are we? If you follow up on the work we cite that should be clear.
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
You can appreciate that there’s a certain formula to these sorts of publications that we can’t really avoid, much as we’d like to. We’d love more #linguistics in what is ultimately a very short piece but do follow up on the links we provide therein!
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Let us know.
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Why is it inaccurate ?
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Thanks for reading Hannah! Good to hear too that you’ve found similar to us! What sort of comment are you referring to though?
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
🚨Following the Curriculum and Assessment Review Interim Report, we share thoughts on how a languages curriculum enriched with #linguistics can address challenges for languages study in schools theconversation.com/linguistics-... #edusky #langsky @languageonthemove.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social
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Linguistics could make language learning more relevant – and attractive – for school pupils
A languages curriculum enriched with linguistics is appealing to students and teachers.
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Our colleague @saschastollhans.bsky.social doing the Lord’s work with the Beeb on the proposed youth “experience” scheme - ahc.leeds.ac.uk/languages/ne... #edusky #langsky #linguistics
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Faculty’s Pro-Dean for Student Education speaks to BBC News at 10 about possible youth mobility scheme
The scheme would build on the recent UK-EU agreement and allow young people from the UK to travel to the EU, and vice-versa, for a limited time, to pursue work and study opportunities
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Interesting meta-study on the bilingual advantage in foreign language vocabulary learning: seems it's never too late either! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #edusky #langsky #linguistics
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The @inmfl.bsky.social Project bagged its first award last night at Newcastle University in the category "Inclusive Education, Lifelong Learning & CPD"! This success goes in large part to many dedicated teachers who have co-created, piloted, and tested the materials developed on the project so far!
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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Accent prejudice is learned, and it's learned young.
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