Thread:The S/@comment-36587160-20190607181949/@comment-995426-20190612183004

I wonder if the English and pseudo-English have anything to do with muscle memory. The muscles in our hands and elsewhere often remember activities we do a great deal until they become second nature to us. It's efficient to have localized body memories so we can repeat these activities with graceful finesse. Handwriting. Typing. Playing musical instruments. But we can't always necessary "do these in our sleep," because it takes two to tango: An active mind to plan an activity, and muscle memory to remember what to do when told. I wonder if these sleepposts are mostly muscle memory acting on confused commands of a sleeping (and possibly dreaming) brain.