Quoting Steven Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Platt, > > Arlo: > >> But, it makes soooo much more sense that there was this one lone man, > >> who just decided to invent language, and then went out and taught it > >> to others. Nevermind that if he had no language prior to inventing > >> language, how'd he do it? > > Platt: > >The someone who was first pointed to a pig and said, "Ugu." The other fellow > >pointed to the pig and said, "Ugu." From then on, when they wanted to think > >pig, they thought "ugu." Is that hard for you to grasp? > > > > Steve: > Which of these two people is the inventer of language? > > Thanks, > Steve
Hi Steve, The one who was first. INVENT: "To produce (as something useful) for the FIRST time through the use of the imagination or of ingenious thinking and experiment" (Merrian-Webster) (Caps added) Regards, Platt ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
