ARE THERE REASONABLE MEN IN PLACES WHERE THEY DON’T SPEAK ENGLISH?

ARE THERE REASONABLE MEN IN PLACES WHERE THEY DON’T SPEAK ENGLISH? Anna Wierzbicka says no. She is a linguist, and she says in ENGLISH: MEANING AND CULTURE that “other European languages do not have words corresponding to the English word ‘reasonable.’” She quotes the legal scholar George Fletcher in support: “‘There is no way to convey the connotations of “due process,” “reasonable doubt,” and “malice aforethought” in any language except English.’”

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