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4. #9 is my word for the day

Fri Aug 23, 2013, 02:31 PM

Aug 2013

only I don't feel like I'm in a foreign country; most of the time I feel like I've landed on an alien planet.

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11 Untranslatable Words From Other Cultures [View all] dipsydoodle Aug 2013 OP

Awwww shenmue Aug 2013 #1

My wife was admiring an impressive mangata just last night... Bay Boy Aug 2013 #2

I grok that. n/t boomer55 Aug 2013 #3

#9 is my word for the day Warpy Aug 2013 #4

Do you feel like "A Stranger In A Strange Land"? bananas Aug 2013 #19

We felt the same way marybourg Jan 2014 #28

There is a translation for #5. Rozlee Aug 2013 #5

I don't get it. kristopher Aug 2013 #6

Descriptions - not translations. dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #7

That's what translation is. kristopher Aug 2013 #8

Yes but these are single words. dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #9

Where did they claim that there were only 11? Thor_MN Aug 2013 #13

Some concepts don't exist in other cultures. bananas Aug 2013 #18

That doesn't mean it can't be translated kristopher Aug 2013 #22

There you have it. kristopher Aug 2013 #23

I missed that one. dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #12

Defining "word" can be tricky. Igel Aug 2013 #16

Interesting post. I did not see this until today. xocet Jan 2014 #24

There are words in Korean that are difficult to translate into English davidpdx Aug 2013 #15

#12: ineffable bananas Aug 2013 #17

English should adopt #4 and #11. So poetic! nt raccoon Aug 2013 #20

Dutch: gezellig RainDog Jan 2014 #25

Sisu -- Finnish word longship Jan 2014 #26

There are other massively useful words out there Warpy Jan 2014 #27