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This makes about as much sense as claiming that before people figured out how to write and before linguists started codifying systems of grammar, all language w
by chrismear 17y ago
This makes about as much sense as claiming that before people figured out how to write and before linguists started codifying systems of grammar, all language was just unstructured simplistic animal utterances.
- dpnewman 17y agoCouldn't have said it better. The irony of the pre-eminenct, western-only centered historical-musical view surrounding a McFerrin melody is thick as molasses. It's West African in rhythm, choral response, scale and spirit.