Sean said: > Our language IS closely linked to how we think. Or actually, the reverse. How we think is dictated by language. If you think in Chinese you will have a different perspective from one who thinks in English. > (God, this is fun!) Samuel Delany (I think!) wrote a book called Babel 17--damn good book--in which the bad guys invented a language that contained no "I". Without "I", there cannot be "you"; without a concept of "I" and "you" . . . well, let's just say the poor guy grew up pretty strange. Great novel. Mia