[lit-ideas] Re: persons & humans

"Speak" is a relative word in my case, Julie. The only two languages I can
produce anytime/anywhere are English and French. When immersed in the
relevant environment I do OK in Spanish, Italian & Dutch. In Arabic I
am limited to Modern Standard Arabic and have yet to acquire any
meaningful form of dialect. Best, MN

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> I'm curious, Mirembe -- what languages do you speak?  Arabic and  English,
> for sure.  Others?  Forgive me for prying.
>
> Julie Krueger
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> Robert wrote:
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>> Wasn't the same true in  Britain (and for all I know, Boston) until not
>> too long ago. 'Madame,  there is a _person_ here to see you,' i.e.,
>> someone from the lower  orders.
>
> And/or someone you'd rather not be around. E.g. Coleridge's  "person
> from Porlock" and what about in French, eg: "Guard! Cet  individu
> m'importune. Remove him from my orbit, if you please."
>
>>'A  characteristic remark that Wittgenstein would make when referring  to
>>someone who was notably generous or kind was "He is a  _human
>>being_!"—thus implying that most people fail even to be  human.'
>
>>—Norman Malcom, Ludwig Wittgenstein: a Memoir, p.  61
>
> Arabic does that  too.
>
> MN
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