In <yiudnvuxceucgxfxnz2dnuvz7thi4...@bt.com>, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> In <7ku6jhf3a23e...@mid.individual.net>, osmium wrote: <snip> >> >> In some cultures, implying that someone is illiterate suggests "not >> smart". > > I don't see that at all. Babies are illiterate. Nobody knows whether > they're smart. Clarification: nobody knows for sure how smart any given baby is, but certainly some babies are going to be very smart indeed. Illiteracy is clearly not a measure of unsmartness. When I use the word "illiterate", I am describing, not insulting. Likewise, when I use the word "literate", I am describing, not praising. -- Richard Heathfield <http://www.cpax.org.uk> Email: -http://www. +rjh@ "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999 Sig line vacant - apply within -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
