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*'''lo se sruma be la sapir e la uorf''' = Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis | |||
sapir. uorf. | *'''sapir. uorf.''' | ||
**After meditating on this for 12 years, i moved the period from in front of the "u" to after the "r". | |||
** Why not '''sapir.uorf.''' or '''sapir. .uorf.'''? | |||
** Shouldn't it be "sypIr."? | |||
***[[pc]]: | |||
****Probably (for himself) '''sapIr''' but notice also that Ben's name is "Whorf," not "Worf," though I have no (definitive) idea how to show that: '''sapIr'uorf.''', '''sapIr. xuorf.'''? | |||
**[[.kreig.daniyl.|.kreig.daniyl.]]: | |||
***Many of us don't pronounce "w" and "wh" differently, so '''.uorf.''' is fine. | |||
* Why not sapir.uorf. or sapir. .uorf.? | |||
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Shouldn't it be "sypIr."? | |||
Probably (for himself) | |||
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- lo se sruma be la sapir e la uorf = Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
- sapir. uorf.
- After meditating on this for 12 years, i moved the period from in front of the "u" to after the "r".
- Why not sapir.uorf. or sapir. .uorf.?
- Shouldn't it be "sypIr."?
- pc:
- Probably (for himself) sapIr but notice also that Ben's name is "Whorf," not "Worf," though I have no (definitive) idea how to show that: sapIr'uorf., sapIr. xuorf.?
- pc:
- .kreig.daniyl.:
- Many of us don't pronounce "w" and "wh" differently, so .uorf. is fine.