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On Calling a Horse a Horse

December 28th, 2007 · 7 Comments

Why must we always call a horse a horse? What is wrong with calling it a perd when talking to an Afrikaans person, a paard when talking to a Dutch person, a cheval when talking to a French person, and a knight when playing chess?
I don’t like the idea of forcing everyone to speak English. [...]

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