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[[A television set with The Count from 'Sesame Street'.]]
The Count: One! Ah ah ah... Two! Ah ah ah... ...Many! ah ah ah...
Caption: Primitive cultures develop Sesame Street.
{{Title text: Cue letters from anthropology majors complaining that this view of numerolinguistic development perpetuates a widespread myth. They get to write letters like that because when you're not getting a real science degree you have a lot of free time.}}
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