http://culturematters.wordpress.com Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:11:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://culturematters.wordpress.com/contributors/jovan-maud/#comment-5972 Olga Solomon Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:20:35 +0000 http://culturematters.wordpress.com/contributors/jovan-maud/#comment-5972 regarding your post on autism as a 'culture-bound syndrome', autism was first described by Leo Kanner in 1943 (not in 1934). regarding your post on autism as a ‘culture-bound syndrome’, autism was first described by Leo Kanner in 1943 (not in 1934).

]]> http://culturematters.wordpress.com/contributors/jovan-maud/#comment-3225 how dictionaries mark the evolution of language « Culture Matters Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:38:03 +0000 http://culturematters.wordpress.com/contributors/jovan-maud/#comment-3225 [...] is.   When a student pronounced one of the class assignments “a bit naf,” I ran to Jovan to ask him what it meant.  He soon delighted in feeding me baffling colloquialisms.  (The result [...] [...] is.   When a student pronounced one of the class assignments “a bit naf,” I ran to Jovan to ask him what it meant.  He soon delighted in feeding me baffling colloquialisms.  (The result [...]

]]> http://culturematters.wordpress.com/contributors/jovan-maud/#comment-692 New ban on female circumcision in Egypt « Culture Matters Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:56:09 +0000 http://culturematters.wordpress.com/contributors/jovan-maud/#comment-692 [...] ban on female circumcision in Egypt Jovan brought to my attention a Yahoo! news item reporting that Egypt has just banned all female [...] [...] ban on female circumcision in Egypt Jovan brought to my attention a Yahoo! news item reporting that Egypt has just banned all female [...]

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