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From: Bob Michael <cmram02@nt.com>
Subject: Re: Language w/ no "container" word
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In article <39655d$75p@newsbf01.news.aol.com> Chamond, chamond@aol.com
writes:
> I recall reading an assertion somewhere that Benjamin Whorf claimed that
> in some language (perhaps a Native American one?) there is no word that
> stands for the abstraction "container".  Can someone point me to a
> reference in Whorf's writings, or shed any light on the matter, or
explain
> that I've misunderstood what he really said?

I believe you can make such statements when comparing any two languages. 
It don't think it's very significant, every tongue divides the world up
into different "containers." There will never be a one-to-one
correspondence.
