Re: Board or card?

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 11:17:40 -0400, "Paul E. Schoen"
<pstech@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


My point is that possibly some aspects of a language may affect those who
have grown up with it, while the general characteristics of a society may
affect the evolution of their language.

And both the details of a language and the rigidity of that language
affect how the user thinks.

John


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