Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id EAA06483 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 10 Jan 2002 04:01:39 GMT Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20020109221906.01d82ec8@pop.abs.adelphia.net> X-Sender: jakemaier@pop.abs.adelphia.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 22:23:30 -0500 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk From: Joachim Maier <jakemaier@adelphia.net> Subject: Re: playing at suicide In-Reply-To: <LAW2-F1307MReAjWLnY0001cd56@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>If you think a cry of pain is not a meme of communication, consider this
>-- in America we say "ouch" or "ow" when we feel pain. In Japan, they say
>"itai!" or "itai-o!" In China, they say "ai-o" and in the Philippines the
>say "apo!" or "apo-da!" In other words, in each culture they found a
>different way to express pain. You'd think an instinctual response would
>elicit a more uniform way of expressing itself.
>
>Grant
Then it seems to be both, a meme and an instinctual response. Somebody with
a minor pain, or maybe even just with the fear of pain, will say aua
German, ouch English itai, itai-o, ai-o and so on, But somebody who is
tortured will just scream, whatever nationality.
Joachim
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