http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2009/07/13/do_whales_dream_of_oceanic_she/ Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:37:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2009/07/13/do_whales_dream_of_oceanic_she/#comment-1957 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:29:57 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/cowboyz/2009/07/13/do_whales_dream_of_oceanic_she/#comment-1957 Not really the same thing at all, but here’s an alright article about how human language determines conceptions of space and how this makes it harder to learn foreign languages (one of the linguistic groups uses compass directions when speaking, and so apparently always knows which direction is north, east, etc.):
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/boroditsky09/boroditsky09_index.html
WRT home economics, mentioned in Givenchy post, i wrote a little rememberance recently too: http://nottooshaabi.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/drain-cleaner-feminism-and-home-economics/

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