chapter 3/4 question 2

One concept I found quite interesting was the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis that the nature of our language affects the nature of our thought. I was thinking specifically about the concepts of linguistic determinism and linguistic relativity as applied to people for whom English is not their 1st language. I have a love/hate relationship with the literalism of the English language. For those of other cultures or ethnicities who speak English, it stands to reason there are thoroughly American ideas that they may understand linguistically, but can be difficult to grasp conceptually because they do not really understand the context of the idea. I think of the expression it's as American as apple pie. One might understand the sentence but there can be a gap in understanding the cultural context of the expression.