The Mystery of Language
February 27, 2023
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<p>To read this essay please go to: <a href="https://khmezek.substack.com/p/the-mystery-of-language">The Mystery of Language - by Karen Hunt aka KH Mezek (substack.com)</a></p>
<p>To read and listen to all my essays, articles and interviews, please subscribe here: <a href="https://khmezek.substack.com/">Break Free with Karen Hunt | Karen Hunt aka KH Mezek | Substack</a></p>
<p>Language is what makes us human, yet, where is comes from and how it works, nobody knows. Language is the hardest problem in science.</p>
<h4>A simple word “water” saved a mute, deaf and blind girl named Helen Keller.</h4>
<p>Standing at a well and feeling the water flow through her fingers Helen connected the tapping out of the letters with what she felt in her hands. W-a-t-e-r. Anne Sullivan, the governess who was to become “The Miracle Worker” cried tears of joy. On that first day of epiphanies, the little girl learned 30 words.</p>
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