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...
When that discrepancy happens here, I blame drifting, but that's usually less uniform. Y'know, obviously.
ReplyDeleteOh that's a thing, but it hasn't been that windy and our side steps (which are what I was looking at) are on the sheltered side of the house. Also, the snow depth is very even all along that section of the driveway. We'll see what they say on the news tonight.
ReplyDeleteI always have to remind myself to append "at the airport" to those precipitation numbers.
ReplyDeleteHa-ha! They have upped it to 4-6".
ReplyDeleteIt looks like someone dusted our porch with powdered sugar. Honestly, I might prefer 6" of snow to this not-even-quarter-assedness.
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