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Re: Thought and Language

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, December 17, 1998, 23:13
Sam Bryant wrote:
> I think it also has something to do with the enimity at least we in > America have had towards speakers of such languages as Russian and German.
Animity towards *German*-speakers? I don't know of any such animity in modern-day America. Russian, perhaps. Altho I've never heard Russian described as "guttaral" or "harsh". -- "Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia." -- Joseph Wood Krutch http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files/ ICQ #: 18656696 AOL screen-name: NikTailor