In Turkey, Keeping a Language of Whistles Alive
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Re: In Turkey, Keeping a Language of Whistles Alive
#2Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20068381
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#3There are many cultures around the world that have developed whistled languages, most likely independently.
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#4looks like Turkey has amazing nature too.
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#5In the article, you will probably see a girl wearing a tshirt that says 'too hot to handle'. This is also an indication that American culture penetrating Turkish veins on north Anatolia.
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#6There are many cultures around the world that have developed whistled languages, most likely independently. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistled_language
Most (all) of them are not what I would call languages, it's more like what writing is to spoken language. It's an encoding.
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#7In the article, you will probably see a girl wearing a tshirt that says 'too hot to handle'. This is also an indication that American culture penetrating Turkish veins on north Anatolia.
I really don't think this is 'American culture penetrating Turkish veins'. I mean, I'm sure there's plenty of American culture invading Europe and Asia all across the continent, but this isn't it. It's just a mass-market t-shirt that made its way to a young Turkish girl. These are sold en masse everywhere, including in used clothing stores.
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#8In the article, you will probably see a girl wearing a tshirt that says 'too hot to handle'. This is also an indication that American culture penetrating Turkish veins on north Anatolia.
I really don't think this is 'American culture penetrating Turkish veins'. I mean, I'm sure there's plenty of American culture invading Europe and Asia all across the continent, but this isn't it. It's just a mass-market t-shirt that made its way to a young Turkish girl. These are sold en masse everywhere, including in used clothing stores.
How about the boy wearing Breaking Bad Tshirt in the other footage ? Is that also coincidence ?
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I really don't think this is 'American culture penetrating Turkish veins'. I mean, I'm sure there's plenty of American culture invading Europe and Asia all across the continent, but this isn't it. It's just a mass-market t-shirt that made its way to a young Turkish girl. These are sold en masse everywhere, including in used clothing stores.
How about the boy wearing Breaking Bad Tshirt in the other footage ? Is that also coincidence ?
You can see older photos from places like Pakistan or Beirut during war with folks wearing t-shirts with various English signs. Heck, I've met folks in remote India with same that couldn't say more than 'hi', or not even that. If they are made in China in millions for 0.2$ a piece and sold everywhere, it doesn't say anything about any US culture penetration
Re: In Turkey, Keeping a Language of Whistles Alive
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
How about the boy wearing Breaking Bad Tshirt in the other footage ? Is that also coincidence ?
You can see older photos from places like Pakistan or Beirut during war with folks wearing t-shirts with various English signs. Heck, I've met folks in remote India with same that couldn't say more than 'hi', or not even that. If they are made in China in millions for 0.2$ a piece and sold everywhere, it doesn't say anything about any US culture penetration
If Chinese characters in USA are not a sign of Chinese culture penetration, then we are on the same page.