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52 Vladimir Zegarac

Notes

1. In writing and rewriting this article I have benefited greatly from the help of many
people. Special thanks to Robyn Carston and Helen Spencer-Oatey who always had
time for my frequent queries, and also to Kate Berardo, Joy Caley and Anna Mant-
zouka who have in various ways directly contributed to the content of this text. The re-
sponsibility for all the remaining flaws is mine.
2. Of course, whether the denotation of a particular expression, in this case “special
things”, is determined culturally or by individual people’s values, attitudes etc. needs
to be established on the basis of appropriate (ethnographic) evidence. In the situation
described in (1), the evidence, which for space reasons cannot be presented here,
strongly supports the view that electrical goods were considered particularly precious
in the local culture.
3. See http://www.cals.wisc.edu/media/news/02_00/carrot_pigment.html for more in-
formation.

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