tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24153667881772600442024-02-07T17:35:45.947-08:00O Finte Restfim1ur2http://www.blogger.com/profile/04373200201169949197noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415366788177260044.post-37229187954468320742011-05-21T12:14:00.000-07:002011-05-21T12:24:04.893-07:00What time is it?<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdS5o3tT2m_hRYKzNGJuorjHk1Ec5_5IZHaAi4zy2IQDw3RWcLAe8i39e2dJ2IRscR_94N3kIWiXG20hLLCbHWAN3PBpNK8dTT5UU0kBnsVritxmTQuSsgcab9Zup1jr1rLbHaC5cMOrOD/s1600/_52839507_52828844.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 119px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdS5o3tT2m_hRYKzNGJuorjHk1Ec5_5IZHaAi4zy2IQDw3RWcLAe8i39e2dJ2IRscR_94N3kIWiXG20hLLCbHWAN3PBpNK8dTT5UU0kBnsVritxmTQuSsgcab9Zup1jr1rLbHaC5cMOrOD/s320/_52839507_52828844.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609251142124865298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13452711<br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">An Amazonian tribe has no abstract concept of time, say researchers.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Amondawa language has no word for "time", or indeed of time periods such as "month" or "year". </span><p style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The people do not refer to their ages, but rather assume different names in different stages of their lives or as they achieve different status within the community.</p><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">What a good idea. You can call me "old fart."</span>fim1ur2http://www.blogger.com/profile/04373200201169949197noreply@blogger.com0