Re: Perl, Perlmonks & Linguistics

Being good at linguistics doesn't necessarilly mean you're good at communication in everyday settings. I could probably talk about Whorf-Sapir all day, but if I tried to do it in front of my friends at a restaurant, I would probably get a bunch of blank stares.

"There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.

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Re^2: Perl, Perlmonks & Linguistics by g0n (Priest) on Apr 14, 2005 at 14:14 UTC
Highlighting my point nicely. The first response to my OP doesn't say 'WTF is Whorf-Sapir?', but happily states that he could talk about it all day. What I meant was that there seems to be a greater knowledge and interest in linguistics hereabouts than one might necessarily expect. g0n, backpropagated monk	[reply]
Re^3: Perl, Perlmonks & Linguistics by jbware (Chaplain) on Apr 14, 2005 at 14:21 UTC
That was quietly my response :) ... so off to the web. For those who don't know, like me, here is a link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapir-Whorf_hypothesis. BTW, thanks for the trigger for today's self-education. -jbWare	[reply]
Re^4: Perl, Perlmonks & Linguistics by Fletch (Bishop) on Apr 14, 2005 at 16:49 UTC
Whew, you just saved me some embarrassment. I was going to try and bluff and say that I'd never heard of this "Sapir", but then I never watched Deep Space Nine and didn't know he was involved with anyone but Troi and Dax. Wait, is this thing on . . .	[reply]