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That's an interestingly emotional, defensive response. Most HN readers would simply have found it an cool scientific article. I don't think the Economist scienc
by cschmidt 14y ago
That's an interestingly emotional, defensive response. Most HN readers would simply have found it an cool scientific article. I don't think the Economist science section really has a "propaganda" axe to grind. (And as others have said, they never sign articles.) What's the source of your reaction?
- pyre 14y agoIt could just hit close to home. These anthropological 'origin stories' sometimes contradict racial identity. For example, if you were to suggest that the Japanese were descended from Korean farmers that emigrated from mainland Korean, many Japanese would find that offensive because there is deep racial hatred of Korea (though maybe only truly present in the older generations) and a racial identity of being natives to Japan.
- jlgreco 14y agoI wonder if English have ever felt similar offense when people point out the role of France and the french language in their country's and language's development.
- willyt 14y agoNope. When I realised, I thought holy shit, I pretty much speak French already. Learn some glue words then any word ending in 'able' or 'cial' (and a few others i forget) pronounced in a 'Allo 'Allo [0] accent and you are pretty likely to be talking French. :-) [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allo_Allo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allo_Allo!
- chc 14y agoI think for the most part they're pretty well aware of the Latin influence on their language. But you might be interested in Googling "Anglish" for the (rather fringe) pushback against the ancient foreign incursion.