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Source: https://xkcd.com/2839/

Explain XKCD: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2839

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

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[–] morphballganon 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

But being able to express those symbols in a sentence requires words

[–] dustyData 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's more like, they can exist in our head without being words. So they are a distinct thing.

[–] morphballganon 3 points 1 year ago

That's fine. So the kid has a concept of 1-11 but doesn't know the words for them.