xkcd #2839: Language Acquisition

Alt text: My first words were 'These were my first words; what were yours?'

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SLM = Small Language Model
Vocabulary presumably means learning the meaning of something, which means the parents must have been pretty dedicated in teaching the child the word "twelve" without poisoning their mind with knowledge of how to say any other numbers.

Alternatively, that child has learned twelve words today.
- teaching the child the word "twelve" without poisoning their mind with knowledge of how to say any other numbers.
  
  Not to mention the small things in life, like "vocabulary" and "update".
- Or the kid has 12 fingers.
That was exactly twelve words!
- I...I think that's part of the joke, yes.
- I was wondering who else counted the words lol
  
  Me 2
  
  I did and confirm twelve words as well.
Oh wow, it's been awhile. They had a child? I'm so happy for them!
Reminds me of the time I made a comment on Spez-site about passwords of exactly 64 characters. Oh wait. This is 128. Never mind.
Is there even another sensible way to arrange these 12 words?

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