In the house of the head shaman...

[Terrance]

jporter wrote:
> 
> > From: Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
> 
> > See Pinker, Steven,  *The Language Instinct*
> >
> > Pinker has fun with "The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax," and
> > explains why the Eskimos do not have more words for snow
> > than do English speakers. In the same chapter, Ch 3,
> > "Mentalese," he talks about Whorf, time, Hopi...
> >
> 
> Been there, done that... not subtle enough?
> 
> jody

Yes, of course, it's a National Best Seller and it reads
like one, but it's not bad.
Although he does use that metaphor, the thinking machine,
that I so abhor.