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zetsurin | 1 year ago

First thought was of John McWhorter's book [The Language Hoax](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/18579574), where he refutes Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. I think in that book he talks about this phenomenon too.

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mistermann|1 year ago

Refute:

- To prove to be false or erroneous; overthrow by argument or proof. "refute testimony."

- To deny the accuracy or truth of. "refuted the results of the poll."

- To repudiate.

Oh, the irony (and also in the summary of the book).

zetsurin|1 year ago

You are saying he doesn't prove it false?