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...
Phineas & Ferb are DA BOMB. They started out as a between-the-shows short series, and as such, the writers were fantastic at making smart, multi-layered stories in very tight format. It used to piss me off that there is so little merchandise available for that show - until I saw what the characters look like in 3D. WRONG doesn't even begin to cover it (although I've seen some that are OK, but it's tricky).
ReplyDeleteI've seen one episode of Phineas and Ferb. Megan Frank told me she's never heard me laugh that hard.
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