语言学中有个叫“萨丕尔—沃尔夫假说”的理论，又被称作“语言相对论”，其提出的假设大致可以总结为：一个人母语的语法以及词语等方面的构成，可以影响其思维方式。
比如说“浅蓝”和“深蓝”这两个词，在汉语和英语中它们都是给“蓝”添加后缀而构成的。但在俄语，这两词的拼写完全不同，拉丁转写分别是“goluboy（浅蓝）”和“siniy（深蓝）”，在实验也证明了，在辨别深浅度不同的蓝色中，俄语母语者比英语母语者有更高的成功率
奥威尔的“Newspeak”或许也是这个理论的一个体现：如果一个概念在你的语言中根本不存在，你又怎么可能知道这个概念？
BY 升必社
To pay the bills, Mr. Durov is issuing investors $1 billion to $1.5 billion of company debt, with the promise of discounted equity if the company eventually goes public, the people briefed on the plans said. He has also announced plans to start selling ads in public Telegram channels as soon as later this year, as well as offering other premium services for businesses and users.
The super secure UAE-based Telegram messenger service, developed by Russian-born software icon Pavel Durov, is looking to raise $1bn through a bond placement to a limited number of investors from Russia, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the Kommersant daily reported citing unnamed sources on February 18, 2021.The issue reportedly comprises exchange bonds that could be converted into equity in the messaging service that is currently 100% owned by Durov and his brother Nikolai.Kommersant reports that the price of the conversion would be at a 10% discount to a potential IPO should it happen within five years.The minimum bond placement is said to be set at $50mn, but could be lowered to $10mn. Five-year bonds could carry an annual coupon of 7-8%.
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