Comments on: 他 http://minutillo.com/steve/weblog/2004/03/03/20182/ messy things Sun, 06 May 2012 04:15:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: James http://minutillo.com/steve/weblog/2004/03/03/20182/comment-page-1/#comment-1397 James Fri, 05 Mar 2004 20:38:37 +0000 /?p=846#comment-1397 Um, I think that your post needs clarification. Ta does represent him and her, but when you write it there is a feminine way of writing Ta(6 strokes) v. masculine(5 strokes). Um, I think that your post needs clarification. Ta does represent him and her, but when you write it there is a feminine way of writing Ta(6 strokes) v. masculine(5 strokes).

]]> By: Dast http://minutillo.com/steve/weblog/2004/03/03/20182/comment-page-1/#comment-1390 Dast Thu, 04 Mar 2004 13:18:54 +0000 /?p=846#comment-1390 It goes back to the old idea that language helps shape the way we think. Perhaps languages with different ways of expressing space, time, gender, identity, etc, shape the way the speakers think about those ideas. Cause if you don\'t have a word to express it, it is harder to think about.<br /> <br /> Then again, I\'m not sure how much weight this idea caries anymore, after experiments by sociologists. But it is an interesting one. It goes back to the old idea that language helps shape the way we think. Perhaps languages with different ways of expressing space, time, gender, identity, etc, shape the way the speakers think about those ideas. Cause if you don\’t have a word to express it, it is harder to think about.

Then again, I\’m not sure how much weight this idea caries anymore, after experiments by sociologists. But it is an interesting one.

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