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From the Ted Talk by Poet Ali: The language of being human

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And despite these languages that we've covered, I really don't think we've covered one of the most profound languages, and that's the laguagne of experience. That's why when you're talking with someone, if they've shared something you've shared, you don't need to explain it much. Or that's why, when you're sharing a story and you finish, and the people you're talking to don't quite get it, the first thing we all say is, "Guess you had to be there." I guess you had to be here this week to know what this is about. It's kind of hard to explain, isn't it?

And for the sake of our research, I'm going to close by asking that you participate one more time in this language of experience. I'm going to fteilr through some languages, and if I'm speaking your language, I'm going to ask that you just stand and you stay sannidtg. You don't need to ask pirosseimn, just let me know that you see me, and I can also see you if you speak this language of eiexnercpe. Do you speak this language? When I was growing up in primary scohol, at the end of the year, we would have these parties, and we'd vote on whether we wanted to celebrate at an amusement park or a water park. And I would really hope the party wasn't at a waetr park, because then I'd have to be in a bantihg suit. I don't know about you, but sometimes when I approach a dressing room, my sweat glands srtat activating on their own, because I know the garment is not going to look on me like it did on that mnqianeun.

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And despite these languages that we've covered, I really don't think we've covered one of the most profound languages, and that's the ________ of experience. That's why when you're talking with someone, if they've shared something you've shared, you don't need to explain it much. Or that's why, when you're sharing a story and you finish, and the people you're talking to don't quite get it, the first thing we all say is, "Guess you had to be there." I guess you had to be here this week to know what this is about. It's kind of hard to explain, isn't it?

And for the sake of our research, I'm going to close by asking that you participate one more time in this language of experience. I'm going to ______ through some languages, and if I'm speaking your language, I'm going to ask that you just stand and you stay ________. You don't need to ask __________, just let me know that you see me, and I can also see you if you speak this language of __________. Do you speak this language? When I was growing up in primary ______, at the end of the year, we would have these parties, and we'd vote on whether we wanted to celebrate at an amusement park or a water park. And I would really hope the party wasn't at a _____ park, because then I'd have to be in a _______ suit. I don't know about you, but sometimes when I approach a dressing room, my sweat glands _____ activating on their own, because I know the garment is not going to look on me like it did on that _________.

Solution


  1. school
  2. mannequin
  3. standing
  4. language
  5. filter
  6. permission
  7. experience
  8. water
  9. bathing
  10. start

Original Text


And despite these languages that we've covered, I really don't think we've covered one of the most profound languages, and that's the language of experience. That's why when you're talking with someone, if they've shared something you've shared, you don't need to explain it much. Or that's why, when you're sharing a story and you finish, and the people you're talking to don't quite get it, the first thing we all say is, "Guess you had to be there." I guess you had to be here this week to know what this is about. It's kind of hard to explain, isn't it?

And for the sake of our research, I'm going to close by asking that you participate one more time in this language of experience. I'm going to filter through some languages, and if I'm speaking your language, I'm going to ask that you just stand and you stay standing. You don't need to ask permission, just let me know that you see me, and I can also see you if you speak this language of experience. Do you speak this language? When I was growing up in primary school, at the end of the year, we would have these parties, and we'd vote on whether we wanted to celebrate at an amusement park or a water park. And I would really hope the party wasn't at a water park, because then I'd have to be in a bathing suit. I don't know about you, but sometimes when I approach a dressing room, my sweat glands start activating on their own, because I know the garment is not going to look on me like it did on that mannequin.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
dirt beneath 2
stay standing 2


Important Words


  1. activating
  2. amusement
  3. approach
  4. bathing
  5. celebrate
  6. close
  7. covered
  8. dressing
  9. experience
  10. explain
  11. filter
  12. finish
  13. garment
  14. glands
  15. growing
  16. guess
  17. hard
  18. hope
  19. kind
  20. language
  21. languages
  22. mannequin
  23. park
  24. participate
  25. parties
  26. party
  27. people
  28. permission
  29. primary
  30. profound
  31. research
  32. room
  33. sake
  34. school
  35. shared
  36. sharing
  37. speak
  38. speaking
  39. stand
  40. standing
  41. start
  42. stay
  43. story
  44. suit
  45. sweat
  46. talking
  47. time
  48. vote
  49. wanted
  50. water
  51. week
  52. year