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<DIV>My materials for Apache contain very few words for scents and smells. yet
the Sense of Smell is the only one that goes directly to the inner brain,
bypassing the corpus collosum that mediates the input of the other senses. The
brain reads the scents directly, through the two-dimension receptor activation
map. . . and is capable of recognizing 10,000 or more individual scents. </DIV>
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<DIV>Ants communicate with each other via scents, ant eaters communicate with
the ants via scents. . . humans tell whether fruit is ripe and meat is rotten by
their smells. . . in the desert, when it rains, a unique plant infuses the air
with its unique, water-activated, scent. . . and yet, in our languages, we have
no words to discuss this more primitive of our perceptual senses? Does anyone
have any conflicting evidence, that is, a language that is rich in words that
describe scents? </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks, </DIV>
<DIV>Mia</DIV>
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<DIV>"Heritage Languages: Don't leave home without one."</DIV>
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<DIV>Mia Kalish, M.A. <BR>Director, Red Pony Heritage Language Team<BR>PhD
Student, Computer Science<BR>Tularosa, New Mexico USA 88352<BR><A
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