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- From: idx009@cck.coventry.ac.uk (the Crisco Kid)
- Subject: Re: Liberty (was something relevant about CO-2 long ago...)
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- References: <1992Dec21.113855.21684@spdcc.com> <1992Dec21.150903.17299@panix.com> <1992Dec21.200351.26183@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 13:04:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.200351.26183@cbnews.cb.att.com> eleanor@cbnews.cb.att.com (eleanor.j.evans) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec21.150903.17299@panix.com> mara@panix.com (Mara Chibnik) writes:
- >>joe@spdcc.com (Joseph Francis) considers the influence of the effect
- >>of imposing language differences on people's
- >>thoughts. I have some questions about his examples, but that's not
- >>the real issue for me in what he wrote:
- >> >(1) Germany, 1935-194?. Ever read German w.r.t. foreigners (i.e.
- >> >Jews)? The language, indeed, quickly adapted to the needs of its
- >> >users, to blame and denigrate 'foreigners'. Now, was this because people
- >>
- >>Denigrate?
- >
- >Wow, Mara, that was subtle. I stared at the screen a good five minutes
- >before my brain went *click*. And it was audible, too.
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- No, it wasn't subtle at all.
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- >Does that mean I should strike "denigrate" from my vocabulary? Or that
- >it's an excellent example of (1) above. Or both?
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- Neither.
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