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Re: [lojban] What's SAE?

Newton, Philip scripsit:

> I've heard SAE in the recent discussion a couple of times, but don't know
> what it means. Can someone clue me up? ("Standard American English",
> perhaps? But that doesn't seem to fit the context as I remember it.)

It's a Whorf expression: Standard Average European (language or worldview).

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