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Was Batman a Linguist?
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Was Batman a Linguist?

Also, are some languages more idiomatic than others?

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Holy diphthong Batman!

Matthew Jedras wants to know:

Is there a language or group of languages that’s the most and least idiomatic? Does the frequency of idiom use affect how speakers of a language think?

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