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SomehowGeekyPolyglot wrote:What are the possible detailed reasons for any African making such an offer, keeping in mind that this word usually is connected to many, many unpleasant feelings?
SomehowGeekyPolyglot wrote:Or by asking me (a person with neurodiversity, and this is entirely different from a mental illness or anything) any question on how people with a background like mine could perceive certain situations related to communication.
linguoboy wrote:SomehowGeekyPolyglot wrote:What are the possible detailed reasons for any African making such an offer, keeping in mind that this word usually is connected to many, many unpleasant feelings?
Wouldn't you have to ask those Africans?
linguoboy wrote:SomehowGeekyPolyglot wrote:Or by asking me (a person with neurodiversity, and this is entirely different from a mental illness or anything) any question on how people with a background like mine could perceive certain situations related to communication.
I don't know how you can say that you "have" neurodiversity. It's not a specific syndrome or identity but rather an approach to neurological differences in general.
SomehowGeekyPolyglot wrote:Wouldn't you have to ask those Africans?
SomehowGeekyPolyglot wrote:FYI: Outside of this very log, I don't ask any questions if I already know the answers. But as for this particular one, while I don't know some answers, I know others, like this one, for example.
SomehowGeekyPolyglot wrote:A culturally relevant but really rare pattern of behavior: Some Africans telling some non-African persons that if they would call them N . . . . . . one day, they wouldn't have the slightest issue with it
Because this pattern is very rare, I didn't even capitalize it.
SomehowGeekyPolyglot wrote:The question being asked in this post is:
What are the possible detailed reasons for any African making such an offer, keeping in mind that this word usually is connected to many, many unpleasant feelings?
linguoboy wrote:SomehowGeekyPolyglot wrote:FYI: Outside of this very log, I don't ask any questions if I already know the answers. But as for this particular one, while I don't know some answers, I know others, like this one, for example.
So what is the answer you know?
SomehowGeekyPolyglot wrote:And I also already mentioned that I intend to continue writing as if I would know with the utmost certainty that nobody ever will reply. I did so and I still do it that way for the sake of the writing flow.
SomehowGeekyPolyglot wrote:Just wanted to let you know that this thread from now on is in "no output without input" mode. Because the First New Communication Bigger Picture Milestone already had been reached at the time I wrote the previous post. I simply was still pondering upon "when exactly should I publicly announce that milestone being reached and change this log to "no more output without input" mode".
IpseDixit wrote:Oh man, you really need to learn to ask questions...
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