Date:  Wed, 9 Nov 1994 09:53:12 CST

From:  salikoko mufwene <mufw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU>

Subject: Re: pronoun systems, Putnam/Plato essences, haptic perception



In Message Tue, 8 Nov 1994 12:13:06 -0800,

 Dan Alford <dalford[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]s1.csuhayward.edu> writes:



> Your pre-Euro-

>influenced indigenous mind will probably enjoy it.)

>

>                            -- Moonhawk (%->)



  I suppose I should be fair and give you a chance to save face, because I

could take offense at this characterization. So let me say I cannot

interpret your use of "indigenous" in this context, because what you discuss

has nothing to do with my personal cultural background or my native land,

and I happen to live as an expatriate now in what I take to be YOUR country.

So in a way, you could be characterized as indigenous, if this term is used

objectively!

 Neither do I see a chronological order between my mental development and

that of people of European descent. This reflects how I am invited to

interpret your "pre-Euro-influenced ... mind."

 Maybe I should ignore it all?

Sali.

Salikoko S. Mufwene

University of Chicago

Dept. of Linguistics

1010 East 59th Street

Chicago, IL 60637

s-mufwene[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uchicago.edu

312-702-8531; fax: 312-702-9861