Why Displays? (And Forgetting Languages) 

Regarding losing a native language, I've seen that happen in my own family. My grandmother, mother, and aunt all grew up in Czechoslovakia and spoke Slovak natively. After they all moved here decades ago, my mom and aunt quickly became fluent in English, but my grandma never did, and after she passed away, within a few years the conversations between my mom and aunt switched from being mostly in Slovak, to a mixture of Slovak and English, to being almost entirely in English.

Hi Fran - also for programming. I used to be a wiz at machine code for the Intel 8080 and the Zilog Z80 including a preemptive operating system When I found a binder with my code and line-by-line annotations I was perplexed that I could do that. I know getting back to that capability would now be very difficult.

The vfd itron display in my sharp el-160 is just a beautiful thing that you just don't see now . That was definitely used because it was beautifully different. Sometimes I put it on just to appreciate and enjoy

Not only languages but lots of other stuff your brain has, just gets pushed out because you don't deal with it every day. A lot does stay but lots gets lost too. Great topic Fran. Age doesn't help & 13 concussions certainly doesn't help either. Hang in there Fran. All the best.

excelente, já dei like.

Ted Woodford was channeling his inner Herzog while repairing a pair of Hofner guitars recently......

I totaly undrestand you , i'm intrested in displays too ,& i can't really explain why

lost the ability not really, it just takes a day or so to switch over. I speak 3 languages and it takes a bit of effort to switch thinking to one if I haven't used it in yonkers

I grew up speaking Afrikaans, now I suck at it. Understanding remains fairly solid though. Weirdly

Mrs. Blanche, we all still like u.

When people brighter than myself make a showy display of their multilingual abilities, it makes me appear dim.....

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boss Hogg knew 18 languages

I think the love and admiration of electrical displays of different types is something that comes easy to people who are EEs or even just electronics as a hobby. I'm an EE and I find displays utterly fascinating

I still remember much of the French I learned in high school. I don't have anyone to speak it with, so I use it with some friends on the Internet.

Mid 70's right out of high school I worked in a Canadian (Toronto) government basement print shop. I remember operating the Kodak Ektaprint 100 page per min. copier. My fascination was the counter display. Watching this large 3D golden multi digit display refresh so quickly was addictive. At that time I had no idea what the technology was, just happy it was there. Now after 50yrs I find through your channel that I am not alone. The glorious NIXIE TUBE! has many fans. Thank you Fran. I'm now hocked all over again!!

Yes I remember back in the 80s and 90s with the VCRs and all of their displays !

3:26 I can relate 100%... I still sign thank you when I say it out of habit but could not have a conversation with someone in ASL today... the most relatable evidence of "use it or loose it" ever

I like the fluorescent displays and leds. I collect a lot of different stereo equipment that have cool displays. I would have love to be able to create my own displays.

I'm still living in my home country but when you start speaking English with your native friends and both sides agree that it's easier, that's when your native language starts dying. Basically anything new I learn is exclusively in English so I often look like a complete idiot in front of certain people because I'm not able to express myself property in my native language.

this is completely true about native language, you only remember insults and jokes

1:28 that's true, it doesn't, English became my first language, I can't write in my native language anymore and I can barely speak it after 10 years.

I have experienced language loss (2 languages). Also, it isn't just about the words, your tongue forgets how to move correctly to make the different sounds that different languages require.

First account You are right to a certain point it takes over especially when the secondary language is easier yet more expressive but the brain does not forget . In every day life the secondary is important but as in inner language it becomes a mashup. This opens opportunities of thinking aswell as access to several sources of knowledge .

Same thing happened to me learning piano pieces. Unless I played them all the time, I'd forget.

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Your video of early LED's is one of my favorite. Keep coming back to that one.

Ging mir mit Italienisch genau so. Vor zwanzig Jahren hab ich das mal ganz passabel gesprochen, aber jetzt fallen mir selbst einfache Sätze schwer. Falls du mal eine Studienreise nach Deutschland machen solltest lade ich dich gerne auf ein Getränk ein.

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Fran has built a digital Skinner box, please reward her!

Dann sprich doch öfters mal deutsch in deiner Show Fran! Das würde mich sehr freuen. Ist das etwa nicht genug Motivation?

That forgetting of languages is demonstrated by Stands With Fist character in the movie Dances With Wolves. I really like the kind of stylish segmented numerical display you have in your thumbnail that I used to see occasionally in the '70s but not since.

About not having to create a new display but doing it anyway: I read a definition of art a few years ago that says, "Anything you do that you don't *have* to do becomes art."