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To: forkinsocket
"mice eat cheese". . . "mice cheese eat".

Isn't that funny. Wouldn't the real question then be: Why do some languages force people to speak in a way that goes against how their brains work?

3 posted on 07/01/2008 10:17:42 AM PDT by donna (Just trying to get by without shoving.)
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To: donna

We speak one of them. Would make an interesting study to determine the origins of subject-verb-object language ideas.


6 posted on 07/01/2008 10:29:01 AM PDT by Crazieman (Vote Juan McAmnesty in 2008! Because freedom abroad is more important than freedom at home!)
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To: donna

Which order do you think is the more natural one, the way your brain thinks?


7 posted on 07/01/2008 10:36:34 AM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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