On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 9:15 AM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Thaths
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OId letter to The Economist:


*Sir- Having read your article about difficult languages (“Tongue twisters
<http://www.economist.com/node/15108609>”, December 19th) I scoff at Tuyuca
and Kwaio for having only two words for “we”, inclusive and exclusive. In
English we have three: the regular we meaning you and I, as in “we had
dinner together”; the royal we meaning I, as in “we are not amused”; and
the marital we meaning you, as in “we need to take out the garbage.”*

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