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Limiting Our World by Limiting Our Words

Posted on December 14, 2021 by hernibs

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world…Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Bird Language

Posted on May 15, 2017 by hernibs

Hark, love, while through this wood we walk, Beneath melodious trees, How wrens with redbreasts ever talk What tuneful words they please… No graybeard linguist, love, could vie With our large learning, then! You’d speak to me in Redbreast; I … Continue reading →

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