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“The very last words he ever said were, “High-low Jack and the
game.””
—Unknown. Frankie and Johnny (l. 44)
“The very natural tendency to use terms derived from traditional grammar like verb, noun, adjective, passive voice, in describing languages outside of Indo-European is fraught with grave possibilities of misunderstanding.”
—Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1934)
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