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...
JJ McNab is my go-to source for info on these nutjobs.
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You know how I keep saying it is very disturbing to discover the open uptick in white supremacist and other horrible people activity around here? A lot of it is centered in and around Lockport - where Timothy McVeigh was born and raised. Horrible, scary people happening.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's not disturbing at all.
ReplyDeleteWith trump at the helm, who can blame them for hating the government.
ReplyDeleteYeah, no. They were there long before and if anything helped get him elected.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I know. No reason to let that get in the way of good snark.
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