From: Guillaume Marcais <guslist@...>
Date: 2003-07-12T08:16:34+09:00
Subject: Re: OSCON report

On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 17:12, Hal E. Fulton wrote:

> I found his ideas very interesting even when
> they were not necessarily correct. For example,
> he claimed that the "tenseless" Hopi language
> was far superior to English for talking about
> relativity and quantum mechanics.

In French, there is no direct translation to 'cheap', you have to say
'not expensive'. I guess it is a difficult concept for us :)

Guillaume.
 
> I'm not sure of the exact formulation of the
> hypothesis. My favorite quote of Whorf's is:
> "Language shapes the way we think, and determines
> what we can think about."
> 
> I'm sure it's more formalized elsewhere. As stated
> here, it's too vague to disprove (almost too vague
> to agree or disagree with).
> 
> Hal
> 
> --
> Hal Fulton
> hal9000@hypermetrics.com
> 
> 
>  
> > Guillaume.
> > 
> > On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 15:11, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > In message "Re: OSCON report"
> > >     on 03/07/12, Matt Lawrence <matt@technoronin.com> writes:
> > > 
> > > |On a related note, Are you familiar with the Sapir-Worf Hypothesis?
> > > 
> > > David McCorkhil told me yesterday at the Japanese restaurant.
> > > I disagree with Worf, but very interesting concept.
> > > 
> > > matz.
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
>