Book 13. (1 results) Explorers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 23 | 205 | The only View more quotes about common">common denominator in these discussions seemed to be that each of the informants was a native speaker of the language in question. |
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Book 13. (7 results) Explorers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 23 | 202 | "That may well be," I said, "but I cannot speak it". |
| 23 | 203 | I, personally, would have thought that English or Gorean would have been the most beautiful language in all the world. |
| 23 | 204 | I had met individuals, however, who thought the same of French and German, and Spanish, and Chinese and Japanese. |
| 23 | 205 | The only common denominator in these discussions seemed to be that each of the informants was a native speaker of the language in question. |
| 23 | 206 | How chauvinistic we are with respect to our languages. |
| 23 | 207 | This chauvinism can sometimes be so serious as to blind certain individuals to the natural superiority of English, or, perhaps, Gorean. |
| 23 | 208 | Or perhaps French, or German, or Spanish, or Chinese, or Japanese, or, say, Bassa or Hindi. |
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"That may well be," I said, "but I cannot speak it".
I, personally, would have thought that English or Gorean would have been the most beautiful language in all the world.
I had met individuals, however, who thought the same of French and German, and Spanish, and Chinese and Japanese.
The only common denominator in these discussions seemed to be that each of the informants was a native speaker of the language in question.
How chauvinistic we are with respect to our languages.
This chauvinism can sometimes be so serious as to blind certain individuals to the natural superiority of English, or, perhaps, Gorean.
Or perhaps French, or German, or Spanish, or Chinese, or Japanese, or, say, Bassa or Hindi.
- (Explorers of Gor)