Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 20:03:39 -0400 (EDT) From: pgreen <polytarp@m-net.arbornet.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Language in danger: Language loss Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0205261957340.51451-100000@m-net.arbornet.org> In-Reply-To: <3CF17486.F06F3E6A@mindspring.com>
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On Sun, 26 May 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > pgreen wrote: > > On Sun, 26 May 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > pgreen wrote: > > > > On Sun, 26 May 2002, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > > > > Totally OT for FreeBSD, but people who were reading the thread on > > > > > survival of small languages may be interested in this article: > > > > > http://www.spectator.co.uk/bookreview.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2002-05-25&id=997 > > > > > > > > Huh? > > > > > > Your ability to think about certain concepts is constrained by the > > > language(s) in which you are able to think. > > > > No, it isn't. > > Provide a counter example. > > -- Terry > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > Well, you have to think counter-unpartisanly. For example, using Ruminov's Ruminition, you can think of any idea, regardless of linguistical barriers. For example, let's say an Episcipitalian wishes to know how to know. By using Ruminov's Ruminition, he is able to: A) Think, purely using emotions, a language inate in any human, of the children. B) This, of course, leads to only one conclusion: 1) Anything can be known, in the context of one's reality. Thus, we see how anything can be thunk, regardeless of any so-called language. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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