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Daniel Everett on the Nature of Languag

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The Pita Ha Don't Have Numbers

The pita ha don't count they have no numbers not even the number one. Some people said if they don't have numbers they must be idiots that's just false. If I'm right they don’t have numbers for the same reasons that I don't have golf clubs. I don't play golf they don't count but I know they fish. So if they sell fish or exchange fish how do they know if they're getting a good deal? Why the relative piles of stuff they get? And if you want fish from me you don't say I want to fish you say I want some fish. Do they know who their children are and whether they're all present? Of

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