Re: Letf / Right, was Re: Count and mass nouns
| From: | Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 21, 2004, 21:02 |
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Yeah, and how would you define the words left and
right ? How would you explain them to an ET, without
pointing at them with your finger ?
How do you know that your right hand is not the left
one ?
--- Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> wrote:
> > (I wonder how the Inuits know which one is
> > their right hand ?)
>
> They probably do what everyone else in the world
> does: look down at their hands...
>
> You don't need external referents to sort out
> left and right.
>
> Padraic.
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Philippe Caquant
"Le langage est source de malentendus."
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
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