language
How Language Shapes Thought | Lera Boroditsky
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a beautiful passage from sublime’s innaugural zine on why language matters, in the context of building a different web.
To share parts of ourselves as a way of undoing aloneness, as a method of connection, as a form of putting words to something someone else might not yet have the words for, feels like shining a flashlight on something that would otherwise stay hidden, or as Ocean Vuong said, building fire escapes for each other.
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an online dictionary of idioms and expressions contributed by native speakers all over the world
From Donald Knuth “The language in which we express our ideas has a strong influence on our thought processes.”
That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.
-The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy