Thursday, September 13, 2007

Language defines our ideas

An Française, tout cet différent me ce net pas sel muent pacque ce la même chose me au Française ! No ! La logique, le culturel, l’espacé e différent.

(Wow, that was hard, thank God one can switch languages in World Document and check spelling)

Anyway, listen to Steven Pinker on TED who explains the very deep meaning of language, beyond just simple translations

Below it is the movie embedded in my blog



No wonder my silly buttons on the right do not work well. Language is really complex, on the deep level, it takes years to master it fully, not just grammar wise but to understand all the (cultural, social, economical) meaning behind it

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