(An Englishman was reflecting on the different words that people use for fish. 'Isn't it strange,' he said, 'that the French say le poisson, the Spanish say el pescado, and the English call it fish-which is what it is.')
作者Alexander McCall Smith (0 评论)
一位英国人思考用不同语言的鱼类使用的多种术语,指出每个单词的独特性。他强调说,尽管法国人将鱼类称为“ le poisson”,而西班牙使用“ el pescado”,但英国人只是将其称为“鱼”,这是该生物本身的简单描述。这种观察强调了语言和英语术语的简单性的文化差异。