Our sensitivity to and memory for odours could be used as an argument against Benjamin Whorf's hypothesis about thought and language because
A)most languages have many more odour words than English.
B)we are so bad at recognizing and remembering odours.
C)odours are described very differently in different languages.
D)we can distinguish many more odours than we can name.

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Whorf's hypothesis suggests that language shapes thought. The fact that we can distinguish more odours than we can name suggests that our cognitive abilities (like distinguishing odours) are not entirely dependent on language, challenging Whorf's idea.

Our Sensitivity to and Memory for Odours Could Be Used