What you see and hear is a situation in which.... : Quote by Michael Erard

“ What you see and hear is a situation in which languages are less like apples — neat and discrete — and more like oatmeal. It's always been oatmeal in India, and all the varieties of oatmeal continue to merge, despite political pressures to name them as if they were marbles. ”

Michael Erard
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