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Time to call time on the timekeeping post!

From:J.A. Mills <xenolingua@...>
Date:Saturday, October 3, 1998, 6:28
In a message dated 10/2/98 9:50:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time, fortytwo@UFL.EDU
writes:

<< Pablo Flores wrote:
 > A flame war (and worse, on a subject that has nothing to do with
conlanging)
 > is the last thing we need here.

 This is a "flame war"?  I was under the impression that "to flame" meant
 to personally attack a person.  This seems to be to be a very reasonable
 discussion, albeit one which is completely off-topic.

 -- >>
I still feel strongly for the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis which supposes that one
perceives reality along the lines determined by language (in a way, that the
language we speak determines how we think).  I _had_ thought the link to
conlanging rather self-evident.  However, suitably chastised, I return to lurk
mode.  Thanks for the insights, those who contributed!

JAM