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"UG" as first word of the gradualist illustration: I see what you did there.
There is a serious lack of the word "what", to be honest, and I personally think the frustration that came with the interlocutor would have been what precipitated language towards its current form.
— May 13, 2026 08:46AM
There is a serious lack of the word "what", to be honest, and I personally think the frustration that came with the interlocutor would have been what precipitated language towards its current form.
Alex
is on page 100 of 176
Not sure if I agree that we're the only species that have a developed enough language to express abstractions and hypotheticals...
But then again, how can I ask an elephant about the intricacies of its grammar?
— May 11, 2026 10:38PM
But then again, how can I ask an elephant about the intricacies of its grammar?

