Recently worked out that the British “much obliged” is serving the same function as the French “je vous en prie.” Let me know if these ideas also exist in your language.
Tag: language
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On dune
Not trying to expose Villeneuve but “lisan al ghaib” is “strange voice,” rather than “voice of the outer world.”
Edit: a Arabic transcript of voice of the outer world could be “lisan al-dar”
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On randomness
Good afternoon
Is the ordered “better” than the unordered? It can be described as a matter of taste. Continuing it can be argued that there is taste that is better than other tastes. Perhaps “better” is not the perfect word but it seems practical to argue that taste develops and that a developed taste is preferred.
An example can be given by comparing the speech of babies vis-a-vis the speech of adults. A rational human being would prefer to listen to the speech of an adult over the speech of a baby. Of course the situation is slightly different when it concerns ones own child but nevertheless it is possible to imagine that a homo sapiens will become a little crazy is she only has interaction with developing speech patterns.