I'm curious, Mirembe -- what languages do you speak? Arabic and English, for sure. Others? Forgive me for prying. Julie Krueger ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] persons & humans Date: 3/27/05 2:26:47 A.M. Central Standard Time From: _nantongo@xxxxxxxxxx (mailto:nantongo@xxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: Robert wrote: > 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_!"â??thus implying that most people fail even to be human.' >â??Norman Malcom, Ludwig Wittgenstein: a Memoir, p. 61 Arabic does that too. MN ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html