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[The Tuyuca language] requires verb-endings on statements to show how the speaker knows something. Diga ape-wi means that “the boy played soccer (I know because I saw him)”, while diga ape-hiyi means “the boy played soccer (I assume)”. English can provide such information, but for Tuyuca that is an obligatory ending on the verb. Evidential languages force speakers to think hard about how they learned what they say they know.
Difficult Languages, a sadly now-paywalled story from The Economist (via winandtonic) (via kavalierandclay) (via themadeshop) (via bethanyjohnson) (via hitrecordjoe)
‘Intimates’ by D.H. Lawrence
Don’t you care for my love? she said bitterly.
I handed her the mirror, and said:
Please address these questions to the proper person!
Please make all request to head-quarters!
In all matters of emotional importance
please approach the supreme authority direct!—
So I handed her the mirror.
And she would have broken it over my head,
but she caught sight of her own refection
and that held her spellbound for two seconds
while I fled.
There’s zero chance that James Earl Jones wasn’t completely stoned when this was made.
Full on DOUBLE RAINBOW, all the way across the sky!
The Flaming Lips are amazing.
Justin Timberlake is the bassist in this video.
I love this song. And this band. And I want to see them live SO much.
Anyway, enjoy.
