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> Shiboleths can have serious weight Yeah "shibboleth" carries a really serious (life/death) connotation for me as well. Was confused to see it here like this.
by dmitryminkovsky 7y ago
> Shiboleths can have serious weight
Yeah "shibboleth" carries a really serious (life/death) connotation for me as well. Was confused to see it here like this.
- ljm 7y agoI think Inglorious Basterds captures this quite well, in the underground bar scene where the use of three fingers to gesture ‘three’, as opposed to a thumb and two fingers. That blew the Brits’ cover and resulted in their deaths.