Want to know the implication of the seemingly simple sentence

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Want to know the implication of the seemingly simple sentence

The passage below comes from SAT Power Vocab as follows :

https://www.google.co.kr/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=%22The+newborn+baby%27s+ability+to+speak+fluent+Italian+confounded%22

The newborn baby's ability to speak fluent Italian confounded the experts, who were surprised to hear a newborn speaking anything but French.

This sentence is simple enough at the first glance.
But on second thought it doesn't seem so simple.
It seems a bit humorous to me.
But I don't know exactly why.

Can you give me your wisdom?
(Or if it's just a simple sentence as it literally suggests, tell me so.)

Regards.

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

It's very humorous.
Newborn babies do not speak languages!

The experts were surprised that the baby spoke Italian.
They expected that all babies would speak French.

Stenka25 · Answer

Thanks a lot, AlpheccaStars<img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/2.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/2.gif' alt='Emotion: big smile'/>

Clive · Answer

Yes, it's humorous.
The humour is mainly in the absurdity of the second part. The experts expect a newborn baby to speak fluent French.

(Newborn babies can't speak at all!)

Stenka25 · Answer

Thanks a lot as always, Clive<img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/2.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/2.gif' alt='Emotion: big smile'/>

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