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>So people who don't speak our language are assumed to be dumb! This seems to be a common phenomemon. I have also heard that many people call themselves "people" in their own language, perhaps implying that they are the only "real people". For example, "Inuit" means "people" in their own language. The language of the Inka empire, Quechua, is also known as "Runa Simi", meaning something like the "toungue [or mouth?] of people".
A similar thing seems to apply to most cultures' primary distilled drink; they all seem to mean "Water of Life", e..g. the Gaelic for whisky: "uisge beatha", the French have "Eau de Vie" (but can't remember which product), and I've heard many in my life but can't recall or quote them here.
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.