[lit-ideas] Chinese Whispers
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:33:21 EST
In a message dated 2/26/2009 11:22:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
egleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Some of the oldest words in the English and other Indo-European languages
have been identified, scientists believe.
< _http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/7911645.stm_
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/7911645.stm)
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"If you've ever played 'Chinese whispers', what comes out the end is usually
gibberish, and more or less when we speak to each other we're playing this
massive game of Chinese whispers. Yet our language can somehow retain its
fidelity."
Eric Yost plays Chinese whispers.
JL
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