"Gio Medici" wrote in message
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That's the way most of the world has been, probably since the beginning.
We're OK with it as long as we don't lose sight of what is written or
spoken
persuasion or coercion, and what is not. Being in tune with these roles
of
language is one way to define what it means to understand a culture.

Could the story of the Tower of Babel be talking about the loss of
communication without language?

If you're asking me, Gio, I don't know. I haven't read the story since I was
a kid.

--
Ed Huntress