This reminded me of an interesting example of "a difference experience of time". There is a tribe in South America, whose language use describes the future as b

This reminded me of an interesting example of "a difference experience of time". There is a tribe in South America, whose language use describes the future as being "behind" them. When they talk about their ancestors they gesture waving behind their back, and for their descendants (children, grandchildren), they gesture in front of them. To me, that's a clear example of how language can shape people's experience of time. (And also makes me think about "spatial metaphors" to describe time, which is what a clock is essentially..) http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/archive/newsrel/soc/backsfuture06.asp http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/archive/newsrel/soc/backsfuture06.a...