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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!

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To: ZinMaster who wrote (12092)8/3/1997 11:40:00 AM
From: Grainne   of 108807
 
"Does it require establishing a different frame of mind, and
> does learning it change the way reality is perceived?

Yes, it makes me feel taller and blonder..."

I was actually being serious, Zin!!! When I speak or write French, I actually feel freer, more more culuturd, and more romantic than when I speak English. It's sort of like the Alaskan Indians who have a hundred words or something to describe snow. The language itself has a particular perspective on reality, having been developed looking out on a certain set of circumstances.

Is there some concept in Japanese that is much more emphasized or varied or constricted than it is in English? THAT was my question!!
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