[CQ-Contest] [ NPR.org ] "Did The Language You Speak Evolve Because Of The Heat?"

[Steve Sacco NN4X]

This is an interesting story on its own, but, being a long-time Ham, I 
naturally tend to view things through my "Amateur Radio Lens", and 
wondered if this research might also apply to communications during 
contests or other sub-optimal conditions.




Did The Language You Speak Evolve Because Of The Heat?

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Consonant-heavy syllables don't carry very well in places like windy 
mountain ranges or dense rainforests, researchers say. "If you have a 
lot of tree cover, for example, [sound] will reflect off the surface of 
leaves and trunks. That will break up the coherence of the transmitted 
sound," says Ian Maddieson, a linguist at the University of New Mexico.

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[ SOURCE ] 
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/11/06/454853229/did-the-language-you-speak-evolve-because-of-the-heat

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Steve Sacco
NN4X
Narcoossee, FL
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