I've said before I think that my main hobby is language study, primarily French, my main strength in language study is pattern recognition, and I could listen to a radio station for months and not hear a particular phrase, but as soon as I've seen it 3 (sometimes less) times in a book or a newspaper, I hear it EVERYWHERE. With me I think part of it is when I listen I'm just listening to pick out things I know, and seeing how they are used. It's the idea that before you get a new car you never see it, but when you get it you see them all over the place. I've often wondered if there was a term for this sort of pattern recognition?

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