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Aussie Life

Language

26 October 2024

9:00 AM

26 October 2024

9:00 AM

I have recently come across the worst case of language vandalism I’ve encountered for many years. Namely, the claim that ‘rivers’ are ‘persons’. The Australian Geographic recently reported that in some nations rivers are being given ‘legal personhood’. They report that in New Zealand, the Whanganui River has been granted ‘legal personhood’, as has Canada’s Magpie River.

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