tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421039709321794850.post7033575886379103358..comments2023-10-23T14:33:38.071-07:00Comments on Burg Berry: Map the Linguistic Genomes!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421039709321794850.post-70920792630040088032008-07-13T20:15:00.000-07:002008-07-13T20:15:00.000-07:00Okay, I've finally read it. All forty-five minute...Okay, I've finally read it. All forty-five minutes worth. :)<BR/><BR/>In addition to having names for car parts based on animal parts, they do the same for certain actions. As I've already told Gail, there's a Lao joke that goes something like this (be aware that it makes practically no sense in English but I'll do my best):<BR/><BR/>"You're driving down the road in the middle of the night and suddenly see an elephant, a lion, and a bear in the middle of the road. There's no room to go around them or to go off of the road. Which one do you run over? The answer is the brake. A car's wheels are called feet and cars step on things, not run them over.<BR/><BR/>Each of the different languages I have been exposed to over the years has provided new concepts and ideas that I never would have discovered on my own. They have given me new ways to see and interpret and understand the world around me. It would be a horrible shame if our posterity lost that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421039709321794850.post-87910434135475220922008-07-03T05:18:00.000-07:002008-07-03T05:18:00.000-07:00You manipulated me!I feel so...violated!It was fun...You manipulated me!<BR/><BR/>I feel so...violated!<BR/><BR/>It was fun, though, so I forgive you.<BR/><BR/>Jon still hasn't read it. He glanced at my lengthy treatise and said, "Perhaps this weekend when I can spare forty-five minutes..."Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13719154384364654744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421039709321794850.post-82275718026877058162008-07-03T02:33:00.000-07:002008-07-03T02:33:00.000-07:00You know, I purposefully wrote those linguistic-th...You know, I purposefully wrote those linguistic-themed entries just to set you and mom off on responding to them. I figured you would enjoy it. I didn´t expect the Linguistics 101 response which I got!!<BR/><BR/>My friends here think it´s odd that I prefer posting my analysis of events here, rather than a strict travelogue. I tell them it earns me more comments from my readers. They think that´s wierd. I think I just have a wonderfully intellectual family. :)Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01361608786947965296noreply@blogger.com