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...
Att: Josh Schoof
ReplyDeletePlease allow me to rant briefly about the hobby hippies decrying the cruelty of separating the goat kids from their mothers in order to sell the milk to humans.
ReplyDeleteThis cruelty is why the goat kids are born in the first place, and why their mothers are alive, and why there exist goats in the Americas, and even why goats as we know them exist at all, rather than just an obscure species of "mountain antelope" only seen on the Discovery Channel and then through a tele-lens.
So, this world being the imperfect place it is, I believe the best we can do is cuddle the occasional goat. I grew up surrounded by goat kids and I can assure y'all that they love cuddling.
Lol, I hadn't heard about the bad people separate goats thing. Smh. Also, I have cuddled goats. They are adorbs.
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