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RE: Wild Earth - 3: Cheyenne Dog People, the Liquid of Language, and Death

in #writing7 years ago

"Our language IS us, our entire perception of the universe is formed by and limited by our language, it totally and completely defines us. "

I wouldn't go quite that far, though admitting that our experience is largely shaped by our language and its associated filtering of "reality".

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My language is a bit absolutist isn't it? Funny that I would do that in a post about language. But you see how strongly I feel about it :P