From: Michael Schwartz (mschwartz@mindspring.com)
Date: Fri 05 Apr 2002 - 17:53:17 EEST
Giles Hill wrote:
>It's just an aid to help our 21C brains
>understand... doesnt have to be anything
>that the Heortlings use.
I think the Heortlings *use* it, they just would not recognize that they do. A child who is old enough to work is still a child, as is a child who is too young to work. What categories do is give us a shorthand, rather than having to write "child who is old enough to work" all the time. :)
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