A matter of cultural priorities

Feb. 14th, 2006 09:32 pm
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Ancient Romans had half a dozen shades of saying "I/me".

The Japanese have a dozen ways of saying "thank you".

The Innu have about two dozen ways of saying "snow".

The Hawaiians have about four dozen words for various types of ocean waves.

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