Are there languages that have different words for body and dietary 'fat' and do speakers of those languages think differently about diet?
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Replying to @TheStalwart
i.e., if English had had two different words for body and dietary fat, would that have had an effect on our beliefs about healthy eating?
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Replying to @TheStalwart
Don't know specific answer but Safir-Whorf hypothesis is generally dismissed by linguists these days.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @TheStalwart
I think Weisenthatl's.claim here is much more modest that Safir-Whorf
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Replying to @TheStalwart @michaelbd
Briefly, that language shapes thought. It has a strong and weak version. I think your tweet fits with week version.
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It's Sapir-Whorf
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Yes, Sapir-Whorf. Sorry, was going by memory.
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