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...
They should offer money-changing and doves.
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It's both?
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ReplyDeleteLook it's not even my religion never mind my actual feelings on religion but seriously there's sacrilege and there's sacrilege.
True fact: the name of your butt bone, the sacrum, is from the same root as sacrilege. Probably due to mistranslating Greek, but whatevs. Don't be disrespecting the sacred butt. I eagerly await the first person to post an obvious ash pun.
ReplyDeleteGod says: Don't be a buttbone
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