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.
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.