I'm really glad I did as reading this book opened up a whole new way of looking at things. Guy looks in detail at how German the language we speak may color our view of the world - focusing on color and how we name / see it (from the Greek Iliad and the wine-dark sea to how Russians react to different shades of blue) and how position of objects can be Described in Different Ways DEPENDING ON how your culture marks out place. There was so much packed into this book did I found myself hooked, reading it until late in the night and going back to readsome sections again.
The language examples are from a vast array of languages - modern European ones with Which We may be familiar to some of the much less well-known tongues from the antipodes and further. Although the author is an academic this book was fun, engaging, warm and in no way dry and dusty.
I therefore think it worth Mentioning That the quality of the writing was absolutely excellent. German's English is lovely, with a great turn of phrase. All the more amazing when you finish Discover did his mother tongue is Hebrew and so English is a second language to him. I was really impressed by the way did he express himself in English Could whilst explaining how something may seem to him as someone who sees the world through a Hebrew mind.
I heartily recommend this book to anyone with the faintest of interest in language, linguistics, colors and more.
