(Actually, my great-grandmother, but I knew her only as a white-haired Battle-Ax dedicated in equal measure to her soap operas and cigarettes.) She is profoundly retarded, my mother explained. There had been no language revolution back then.

(实际上，我的曾祖母是，但我只知道她是一位白发苍苍的Battle-Ax游戏爱好者，她在看肥皂剧、抽香烟上也投入了同样的精力。)“她患有重度智力障碍，”母亲解释说。那时还没有语言革命。