TIL that some languages apparently have words inherently differentiating one's status as a citizen or resident of the entity versus a member of a particular ethnic or cultural group? I don't quite grasp the whole thing, although I heard the point being made. What's interesting to me is a) that there is such a thing, which seems very revealing of something about a culture that would need such concepts built into the language, and b) that there seem to be people who think it's inaccurate to interpret the word choice as meaningful. Firstly, since languages have all sorts of concepts built into them, many very specific to their primary culture of use, it seems reasonable that such a thing could exist. Not that I would have thought of it before, since I'm not from a culture where that sort of subtlety functions. Secondly, if that is, indeed, the subtlety of the word choices, where one essentially and inherently includes people, and the other excludes, then I'd kind o...
It was decommissioned in early August anyway, so there's not much point.
ReplyDeleteWell, then, however shall we stalk each other ;)
ReplyDeleteWhen you go to Maps, in the side menu there is a 'where's Latitude' question and it tells you how to get around the fact that Latitude doesn't exist anymore.
ReplyDeleteFour square doesn't integrate itself into Google Maps in real time. G+ locations is pretty much identical to Latitude except for the part where I have to start up G+, which then calls Maps. It's an annoying intermediate step.
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