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...
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Walk like an E-Gyp-Shun ...
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ReplyDeleteI was going to say at least you don't live in Texas, where the likelihood of C&W is much higher than any decade of club music.
ReplyDeleteThen I saw the Ah Ha reference, and now all I can think of is this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ_8VrARc50
Drew's been binging it on Netflix, so it's fresh in my mind. Great show.