To: SpaceBar
There is a somewhat related phenomenon recognized by anthropologists, linguists and computer programmers, that vocabulary translates directly into the “dynamic range” of thought. Cultures for example that have no word for something simply never discuss it. Must mean that eskimos talked about snow a lot!
20 posted on
02/15/2013 6:51:23 AM PST by
zeugma
(Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
To: zeugma
21 posted on
02/15/2013 10:18:58 AM PST by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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