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...
Aren't they pretty common every year?
ReplyDeleteI want to see more Charlotte spirals. I think I saw Zagitova do about one second of one.
I first read that as Bellman, and was seriously confused. (Kids here have been doing Bellman jokes since forever, and the songs are still sung regularly all over the place here.)
ReplyDeleteThere's less of the time-consuming spirals in shorts because they are not a required element anymore. There are also fewer in the long programs because of the point values for doing more jumps and so forth. It's a little sad, because the various spirals can be so beautiful.
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