So one more thing about the Witherspoon (1975) book that I can't believe I didn't include in yesterday's ramble!

He says that brothers and sisters should not touch each other, even incidentally, although they are close in many ways.

And there's even a grammatical consequence of that required physical distancing:

1/2 (I think)

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It's funny how saying someone from my uni is a memeber of the "União da Juventude Comumista" feels natural but saying that they are member of the "Communist Youth Union" feels commie and soviet-y.

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Curiously, I haven't found anyone talking about or interested in #linguisticanthropology. Are there others like me hiding in their caves and waiting for #linguisticanthropologists to show up?

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