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Apr 21, 2010 14:21



For linguistic deprivation to look at all political, as opposed to purely accidental, requires more than that someone benefits from the bias thereby introduced. Deprivation in the political context implies that someone else is responsible for imposing the limitation, for withholding that those deprived are seen as lacking. Linguistic deprivation ( Read more... )

work, i have no sense of humour, fanfic, fic: linguistic traps, whimsy, quotations, char: rusty ladies, author: frivolous twin, random, fandom: discworld

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werdrachin August 25 2010, 12:32:22 UTC
That's so very much Pratchett, and at the same time so very much Clodia - brilliant! And I loved the reverse or complement of this "elite conspiracy", the pragmatic and funny one by the wives.

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clodia_metelli August 25 2010, 13:21:28 UTC
Heh, thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it! If you check my memories, you should be able to find links to a couple more delicious snippets written by Gogol/possibly_thrice under the label 'Rusty Ladies'. XD

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