We Have Always Spoken Panglish, by Suzette Haden Elgin
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We Have Always Spoken Panglish, by Suzette Haden Elgin
In keeping with the theme du weekend of linguistics, here is one of the Elgin stories I have referred to elsewhere. Its pretty good.
Something is about to happen, Hal. Something wonderful!
-James C. Harwood, Science Fiction Writer, Straight (March 5, 1956 - May 25, 2010)
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Haven't read any of her fiction yet, so this will hopefully be interesting.
(Copied it into a text file on da machine. That webpage design is annoying.)
I've been a bit leery about reading her since looking into Láadan.... Ultra-femme rhetoric tends to give me hives.
(Copied it into a text file on da machine. That webpage design is annoying.)
I've been a bit leery about reading her since looking into Láadan.... Ultra-femme rhetoric tends to give me hives.
"Chancho...sometimes when you are a man...you wear stretchy pants...in your room...alone."
"Politics is never simple, like the sand chigger of Arrakis, one is rarely truly free of its bite."
Arrakeen is an unawakened ghola.
"Politics is never simple, like the sand chigger of Arrakis, one is rarely truly free of its bite."
Arrakeen is an unawakened ghola.