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		<title>Autumn at  Sheffield Park Gardens, East Sussex</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autumn at Sheffield Park Gardens, East Sussex Originally uploaded by Anguskirk In a November 4th article in the Daily Yomiuri, Mike Guest wrote about marked language: &#8220;phrases like, &#8220;Japan&#8217;s four seasons&#8221; instead of the seasons, or &#8220;American joke&#8221; for any joke told by a foreigner. Marked by redundancy. &#8221; Many Japanese will insist that Japan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is fair sometimes unfair? &#8211; Part 2</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a follow-up to my earlier blog-post Is fair sometimes unfair? I was reminded of the article When Fairness Runs Foul, and of my earlier encounters with the Japanese sense of &#8220;fairness&#8221; when I read a chapter by philosopher Ayn Rand. Rand is here playing devil&#8217;s advocate &#8211; illustrating with an example of her own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is fair sometimes unfair?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life is so unfair sometimes (63/365) Originally uploaded by labspics A colleague recently gave me an article from the Daily Yomiuri. &#8220;The Language Connection&#8221;, &#8220;Cultural Connundrums: When Fairness Runs Foul&#8221; by Kate Elwood, Tuesday November 4th, 2008. It compares Western (North American) concepts of fairness with Japanese. Yes, they are not always the same! Intercultural [...]]]></description>
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