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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a lexicographer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I make dictionaries.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my job as a lexicographer
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to try to put all the words
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,possible into the dictionary
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My job is not to decide what a word is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is your job
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everybody who speaks english
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decides together what's a word and \Nwhat's not a word
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every language is just a group of people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who agree to understand each other
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now sometimes when people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are trying to decide if a word is good\Nor bad
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't really have a good reason
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they say something like,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"because, grammar!"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter).
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and i don't actually care \Nabout grammar too much
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't tell anyone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the word grammar--
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually, there are two kinds of grammar
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's the kind of grammar that kind of lives \Ninside your brain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're a native speaker of a language or a good speaker of a language
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the unconscious rules that you follow
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you speak that language
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is what you learn
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you learn an language as a child
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here's an example
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a wog
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right, it's a wug
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there is another one
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are two of these
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are two
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(audience): wugs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly!\Nyou know how to make
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the plural of wug
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that rule lives in your brain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you never had to be taught this rule
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just understand it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a experiment that was invented
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a professor
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at boston college
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,named jean burco0gleesin
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in 1958
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we've been talking about this for a long time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now these kinds of natural
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rules that exist in your brain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's not like traffic laws
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there more like laws of nature
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nobody has to remind you to obey \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a law of nature, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you leave the house in the morning
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your mom doesn't say,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"hey honey, it's going to be cold
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take a hoodie, don't forget\Nto obey the law of gravity"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no body says this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laughter
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now there are other rules
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are more about manners than they are about nature
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can think of like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a word is like a hat
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once you know how hats work
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nobody has to tell you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't wear hats on your feet
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they have to tell you is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can you wear hats inside
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who gets to wear a hat
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are the kinds of hats you get to wear
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those are more of the second kind of grammar
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that linguists often call usage
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as opposed togrammar
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now, sometimes people use
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this kind of rules-based grammar
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to discourage people from
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making up words
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and i think that is, well, stupid
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so for example,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people are always telling you,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"be creative, make music
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do art, invent things
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,science and technology"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when it comes to words,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"don't!"