From xod@sixgirls.org Thu Mar 2 10:47:51 2000 X-Digest-Num: 381 Message-ID: <44114.381.2131.959273826@eGroups.com> Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 13:47:51 -0500 (EST) From: Invent Yourself Subject: Re: cultural rafsi fu'ivla On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, marios cmavirn wrote: > >Being married to a Cuban, and having spent considerable time in the > >Caribbean, I am unsure that there is a Caribbean culture. Cuba has a > Thank you for your reactions. With due respect, I must however disagree. For > someone living in the Caribbean and of Caribbean origin, the existence of a > Caribbean culture surpassing linguistic and former colonial boundaries is > just as real as European culture would be for Europeans, with their > differences between germanic, slavic and romanic Europe. Punto. I was Unresolvable disputes like this is why I have always felt that cultures should be represented by fu'ivla only, with the suffix provided by members of that culture or language. Not gismu. And such cultural fu'ivla can be used to describe subcultures and worldviews as well as clearly defined ethnic groups. ----- When they took the fourth amendment, I was quiet because I didn't deal drugs. When they took the sixth amendment, I was quiet because I was innocent. When they took the second amendment, I was quiet because I didn't own a gun. Now they've taken the first amendment, and I can say nothing about it.