Dutch Courage can help you speak a foreign language, according to a study by Dutch, English, and German researchers that was awarded an Ig Nobel prize on Thursday. They showed that alcohol consumption sometimes improves a person’s ability to speak a foreign language. “We made an important discovery. Drunk Germans usually pronounce Dutch better than sober Germans.”
I would love to see a followup with people having a stroke. I feel like that could really boost the Dutch speaking skills.
Better yet, at what level of brain damage does the improved ability to speak Dutch plateau? Can we get a perfect linguist before they become a vegetable?