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Re:Not invented here, revisited by olooney on Friday July 27, 2018 @10:05PM (#17631079)
“Slave is an Ephebian word. In Om we have no word for slave,” said Vorbis. “So I understand,” said the Tyrant. “I imagine that fish have no word for water.”

Terry Pratchett

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Re:Not invented here, revisited by tylerhou on Saturday July 28, 2018 @01:02AM (#17631637)
I understand the point you’re getting at, but humans have a word for air? If fish really did have language, they would at least have a word for air, which would mean that they would also probably have a word for not-air: i.e water.
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