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Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson
Maori distinguishes between inclusive and exclusive first person. "Mātou" is "we but not you", and "tātou" is "we including you". Very handy for avoiding awkward situations like, "We're going to that new movie tonight". "Great, I've been looking forward to that!" "Um, I didn't mean you..."
Roger's been trying to introduce "wex" to the English language to serve the same purpose. Not much success so far...
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Wow, that's so incredibly useful! I wish more languages had such distinctions!
Thank you all for your contributions to this thread so far. It's full of interesting stuff that make me want to quit work so that I can have time to devote to every language out there
