a article on does lang influence thought

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Xah Lee

Great article.

〈Lost in Translation〉 (2010-07-23), by By Lera Boroditsky. From The
Wall Street Journal.

“New cognitive research suggests that language profoundly influences
the way people see the world; a different sense of blame in Japanese
and Spanishâ€

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703467304575383131592767868.html

no surprise to lispers.

though, standard caution apply here... do take the findings in the
story lightly, as such non-scientific writing usually are full of
vague notions, misleading, and sometimes outright incorrect.

Also, for those of you dumb mono-USers... perhaps it's time to pick up
another lang. lol

and, time to learn lojban too!

• Xah's lojban page
http://xahlee.org/lojban/lojban.html

Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/

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