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To: Ilaine who wrote (8537)	11/1/2001 2:38:28 PM
From: Rick Julian	Respond to of 281500

Fascinating concept: Sapir Whorf hypothesis. My sense is that it can explain tonal differences (nuance) in ideation more than structural cognitive diffs. Bottom line, can speaking a different language make one stupid? If so, it may help explain the wooden telephone episode, but I'm afraid we'll have to dig deeper than language to explain that brand of kookiness.

To: Ilaine who wrote (8537)	11/1/2001 2:54:51 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

Cobalt, I don't think that Israelis and Arabs think very much alike, but then, Modern Hebrew is only half a Semitic language, having had an Indo-European grammatical system wedged onto the original Semitic framework, as my old Iraqi Jewish professor used to complain to me.