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From: inspect@blic.BLI.COM (Mfg Inspection)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: words order in English and Japanese
Summary: UPDATE!
Message-ID: <143@blic.BLI.COM>
Date: 18 Jan 88 16:07:10 GMT
References: <1671@russell.STANFORD.EDU>
Organization: Britton Lee, Los Gatos, CA
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Regarding word order, Japanese compared to English, the premise being
that English-speaking people are "basically" hunters and Japanese are
"basically" farmers, guess what I found out after spending 20 minutes
with my home encyclopedia?
Farming became a part of European and English-speaking Europeans around
the year 2000 BC long before English was even a language. Farming did 
not come to Japan until the Yayoi Period around the year 250 BC.
So much for the theory of hunters vs. farmers. A little research would 
have been in order and the history of agriculture is fascinating.
Try opening a book and doing some research before proposing arrogant and
specious theories.