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From: meus0001@maroon.tc.umn.edu (William E Meuse)
Subject: Re: Correction of PBS Nova lies
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Loren Petrich (petrich@netcom.com) wrote:
: William E Meuse <meus0001@maroon.tc.umn.edu> wrote:

: >   My theory on lang. is that if different dialects can represent whole 
: >different ways of looking at things, than a different lang. is an 
: >intirely different state of mind. ...

: 	What do differences between (natural) languages have to do with 
: fundamental states of mind??? I don't find that argument at all convincing.

 Well, put it this way. A different vocabulary represents a separate way 
of putting together your world-view and the whole way you cannect things. 
For example, in English, there is a fundamental, if oft subliminal 
cannection between the self (I) and the organ "eye" that is not found in 
most other languages. Thus English may be said to be the eye's language. 
A speaker of another language might identify more strongly with the nose, 
another with the mouth or tongue, etc. This is why speakers of different 
languages have such unique facial expressions from one another. This 
might be taking it a little too far, but what would you say to the 
following proposed correlations? Japanese - the nose's language. Chinese - 
the ear's language. French - the heart's language... 

Cool runnins, Ras William I 
