Book 13. (1 results) Explorers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 20 | 114 | View more quotes about thus">Thus one would think that the first village and the tenth speak different languages. |
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Book 13. (7 results) Explorers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 20 | 111 | The inland and Ukungu speech, I suppose, would have been regarded linguistically as two dialects of the same mother tongue. |
| 20 | 112 | The distinction between a dialect and a language is, at times, a conceptual one. |
| 20 | 113 | In a series of villages, each village may be able to understand those proximate to it, but perhaps those in the first village cannot understand at all the speech of the tenth village. |
| 20 | 114 | Thus one would think that the first village and the tenth speak different languages. |
| 20 | 115 | Yet where shall the lines be drawn between them? "Tell him," I said, "that he would do well to take lessons in leadership from a truly great leader, Bila Huruma". |
| 20 | 116 | This was conveyed to Kisu. |
| 20 | 117 | With a cry of rage Kisu leaped toward me, the shovel swinging toward my head. |
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The inland and Ukungu speech, I suppose, would have been regarded linguistically as two dialects of the same mother tongue.
The distinction between a dialect and a language is, at times, a conceptual one.
In a series of villages, each village may be able to understand those proximate to it, but perhaps those in the first village cannot understand at all the speech of the tenth village.
Thus one would think that the first village and the tenth speak different languages.
Yet where shall the lines be drawn between them? "Tell him," I said, "that he would do well to take lessons in leadership from a truly great leader, Bila Huruma".
This was conveyed to Kisu.
With a cry of rage Kisu leaped toward me, the shovel swinging toward my head.
- (Explorers of Gor)