Re: [tlug] (OT) The enigma of Japan

[Brett Robson <tlug@example.com>]

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>  I lived with a linguist for a couple
> of years, and the first thing she did was to break me of usages like
> "primitive language" (although in secret I still say that about Perl).
>   

Hang on, primitive means "resembling the original". Admittedly it has an 
alternate meaning (nuance?) of having lesser functionality but I can't 
see how a linguist can object to a language being being called primitive.

Brett


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