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Communication - Expansion - 2 / 8 / 2003
four orders of foreignness
Demosthenes / Valentine Wiggins
Nordic language recognizes four orders of foreignness
Swedish
Utlanning, or otherlander
- someone of another city or country
Swedish word: utlīnning [u:tlen:ing] utlīnningen utlīnningar (noun)
English translation: foreigner, alien
Compounds: utlīnningslag -enAliens' Act
Framling
- "human" but of another world. Someone substantially different than us
Swedish word: frīmling [fr'em:ling] frīmlingen frīmlingar (noun)
English translation: stranger, foreigner, alien
Compounds: frīmling(s)|skap -etalien status, alienation
Raman
- human but of differing species, someone so different
in concept and idea as to be considered other
Swedish word: ram [ra:m] ramen ramar (noun)
English translation: frame / (figuratively "limits, bounds")
Examples: inom mńjligheternas ramwithin the limits of possibility
Compounds: ram|avtal -etskeleton (blanket) agreement
Varelse
- alien, no "conversation" is possible, they might be intelligent,
they may be self aware, but we wouldn't know it.
Swedish word: varelse [v'a:relse] varelsen varelser (noun)
English translation: being
Examples: levande varelseliving creature
definitions from: http://lexikon.nada.kth.se/swe-eng.shtml
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