On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 08:34:21 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 07:38:01 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

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Remember the French language wars of the early '70s? French good,
English bad? Then they discovered that the France French they'd been
speaking for the past 200 or so years isn't French at all but an
amalgation of Basque, Spanish and English leading to purifying the
language by, and I loved this bit, sending French teachers to rural
Louisiana to learn "true" French.

Now that's pretty black and white in terms of culture isn't it? :)

Actually, it is both black and white and nuanced. Think about it.

I have - there is no nuance in a dead language that can't grow and
expand with the addition of new "foreign" words. It's just not
possible.

Anything that "defiles" the language is purged in favor of
non-inclusion of terms from other languages and cultures. That's not
nuance - that's pure simple arrogance and, if you wanted to use the
term, bigotry.

And it serves as an allegory for right-wing evangelical Christianity.

So you agree that French is a dead language and is bigoted then?

I think way to much emphasis is placed on nuance as being an
intellectual trait. Nuance certainly does have it's place in
philosophy, psychiatry/psychology and other medical professions that
are not based on pure science, but as a practical trait, a factor in
daily decision making, it's counter productive.

Well, we differ. Life to me is full of nuance.

Give me an example of what you consider nuance in the decision making
process.

All the best,

Tom
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