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Chapter 2: the ideals of speaking in an understated and exact way, of distinguishing fact from opinion and avoiding strong displays of emotion, and of personal autonomy and the importance of not trying to compel anyone to do or believe anything they don't want to - all these are quintessentially Western and even Anglo - not some universally shared value system.
— Sep 12, 2016 08:31PM
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Chapter 3: Reminds me of C.S. Lewis's Studies in Words. Even the parts I'm not so sure about spark in me a renewed fascination with the English language and its historical culture.
— Sep 13, 2016 11:42AM
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Chapter 1: We shouldn't assume that just because English is used globally, it is "culturally neutral." I.e. English as a banyan tree.
— Sep 12, 2016 06:46PM
