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whynotme
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Location: istanbul
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 Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:44 pm Post subject: The geography of thought |
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This is a great piece of writing to show how Asians and Europeans think. Try to think more like easterners, you will understand how we think and enjoy your time in Turkey.
http://www.umich.edu/news/Releases/2003/Feb03/r022703a.html |
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Sheikh Inal Ovar
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Location: Melo Drama School
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| Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:45 am Post subject: |
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Were it a Turkish newspaper lampooning its own countrymen in cartoon fashion, as is known from time to time, it might run:
Interpretations of a Fish Scene :
Westerners: Focus: Foreground - specific
Asians: Focus: Background - holistic
Turks: Focus: Fish - gastronomic
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Essentail Turkish - Dictionary
Balik - Bogazda rakiyla yenilen yemek tir
Fish - A meal eaten on the Bosphorous accompanied with Raki |
And as for the thought of geography ... and Bilmemnestan .... ugghh ... a shudder runs down my spine ...  |
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