From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Jan 02 18:01:56 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:01:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1H1vRX-000468-Kk for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:01:30 -0800 Received: from bay0-omc1-s32.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.104]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1H1vRI-00045Z-OM for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:01:24 -0800 Received: from BAY114-W2 ([65.54.169.102]) by bay0-omc1-s32.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 18:01:06 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [71.193.206.119] X-Originating-Email: [fen141@msn.com] Message-ID: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_98d15e56-e76b-4789-8b54-b8624d12c07c_" From: Fen Fen To: ri Subject: [lojban] Military language Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 02:01:06 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Jan 2007 02:01:06.0342 (UTC) FILETIME=[07974C60:01C72EDB] X-Spam-Score: 3.6 X-Spam-Score-Int: 36 X-Spam-Bar: +++ X-archive-position: 13461 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: fen141@msn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --_98d15e56-e76b-4789-8b54-b8624d12c07c_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Does language figure into warfare? Do common ambiguities in English result = directly in death, or loss? We have "military time", and various military l= inguistic traditions "SIR, yes, SIR". =20 The SW hypothesis asks if language influences thought. Does it influence wh= o lives and who dies? =20 This is both of historic importance and also of coming relevance, especiall= y when combined with transhumanistic technologies. =20 ii ru'e= --_98d15e56-e76b-4789-8b54-b8624d12c07c_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Does language figure into warfare? Do common ambiguities in English r= esult directly in death, or loss? We have "military time", and various mili= tary linguistic traditions "SIR, yes, SIR".

The SW hypothesis asks if language influences thought. Does it influence wh= o lives and who dies?

This is both of historic importance and also of coming relevance, especiall= y when combined with transhumanistic technologies.

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