Re: FLAMEBAIT: Re: Non-linear / full-2d writing systems?
| From: | Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, May 14, 2005, 17:06 |
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On Saturday, May 14, 2005, at 03:22 , Paul Bennett wrote:
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> Sapir-Worf could not possibly be true. If it were, we'd still be banging
> rocks together, if that.
ROTFL
Yep - and because we say 'sun rise' and 'sun set' we anglophones all think
the sun goes around the earth; and francophones, hispanophones & speakers
of other Romance languages are animists who see sex in in everything!
:-D
Ray
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