I remember a story involving aliens who thought humans (well, English speaking ones...) were very odd for using the same possessive for possessions and people - they thought "my friend" and "my book" should have different words for "my", to distinguish association relationships from ownership relationships.
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Date: 2003-08-05 01:23 pm (UTC)