Category: Language

  • Post-Duolinguistic Trauma Leaves Language Learners Fluent, Shaky, and Wary of Green Owls

    ZURICH, SWITZERLAND — A groundbreaking study released this week from the International Institute of Polyglot Rehabilitation (IIPR) reveals a troubling linguistic phenomenon affecting adult second-language learners: Post-Duolinguistic Trauma (PDT), a newly recognized condition marked by compulsive sentence rearrangement, involuntary passive voice usage, and recurring nightmares involving a judgmental green owl whispering, “You missed your streak.”…

en_USEnglish