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April 16, 2005
a home created with words is better than a house of cards
In my critical theory I came across a quote that sums up why I am so about language politics..
The fact that I am writing to you in English already falsifies what I
wanted to tell you. My subject: how to explain to you that I don't belong to English though I belong nowhere else, if not here in English.
The author is Gustavo Perez-Firmat, who is also known interestingly enough as the Terminator of cultural certainties.. Vaya!
Posted by dvaldesd at April 16, 2005 06:13 PM