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The presenter Martha Kearney mentioned on The World at One today, as if it were a measure of how endemic corruption was in Afghanistan, that they have a dozen words meaning 'bribe'.

I'm not saying there isn't a lot of corruption there, but how strong an argument is this for demonstrating it? While you're thinking about that, excuse me if I mutter under my breath:

Kick-back, bung, back-hander, sweetener, inducement, tip, pay-off, tribute, protection money, hush money, palm-grease, fix...

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Date: 2010-01-28 09:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] timsilverman.livejournal.com
English also has many, many words for genitalia, but we generally have just the one set each ...

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Date: 2010-01-28 10:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] steepholm.livejournal.com
You definitely have a point, there.

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