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From: kimb@aisb.ed.ac.uk (Kim Binsted)
Subject: Re: In defense of Whorf
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[sorry - lost the attribs]

# : P.S. I always thought that the Germans were better at using computers
# : because they speak a more obviously stack-based language than the
# : 'mericuns. 
# 
# ...which leads to a better short term memory, like, when will he get to
# the verb. If somehow you've missed Mark Twain's essay about German, you
# might want to try to find it. Nur genial =8).

Sorry for leaping in late, and possibly being repetitive (or too serious!), 
but you  might also be interested in Douglas Hofstadter's article "Speechstuff 
and Thoughtstuff: Musings on the Resonances Created by Words and 
Phrases via the Subliminal Perception of their Buried Parts" 
(tech report, Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, loc. 
Pante di Povo, I 38050 Trento, Italy). It's a good read, whether or not
you agree with what he says.

Kim.

Kim Binsted
Dept of AI, University of Edinburgh
kimb@aisb.ed.ac.uk http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/students/kimb



