[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: Whorf and physical jargon

[Sai Emrys]

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From: Mark J. Reed <markjreed at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 8:03 AM
Subject: [CONLANG] Whorf and physical jargon
To: CONLANG at listserv.brown.edu


Not new, but newly referenced, and I hadn't seen it before: an
exploration of the unnaturalness (pace Whorf) of I-E terms for basic
physical quantities, which in the case of English seem to be derived
mostly from words for prosperity:

 http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005413.html



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Mark J. Reed <markjreed at gmail.com>