13 words not found in the english language |
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 Aug 14 2008, 10:52 PM
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 <joke> inside </joke>  Group: Official Member Posts: 2,283 Joined: Oct 2006 Member No: 470,590  |
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Aug 14 2008, 11:00 PM
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 Jooleeah <3 Group: Official Designer Posts: 687 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 662,481 |
That's pretty cool.
QUOTE 5. Esprit de l’escalier (French): a witty remark that occurs to you too late, literally on the way down the stairs… Happens to me all the time. 
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Aug 14 2008, 11:00 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
Hm, I wonder how they chose just those 13 words. It's really difficult to explain to someone who doesn't speak English what a word means when there is no literal translation.
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Aug 15 2008, 12:00 AM
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 torn Group: Official Designer Posts: 953 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 55,718 |
QUOTE 6. Meraki (Greek): doing something with soul, creativity, or love I like this one. :] QUOTE 10. Pochemuchka (Russian): a person who asks a lot of questions I find it hard to believe there isn't a word for that in the English language, but now that I think of it, I can't come up with one. |
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Aug 15 2008, 02:11 PM
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 omnomnom Group: Member Posts: 1,776 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 180,688 |
Now when someone asks a lot of questions I'll call them a pochemuchka. They'll be like what the f**k.
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Aug 15 2008, 02:16 PM
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 BBM: 310ED181 Group: Member Posts: 613 Joined: Jul 2008 Member No: 671,976 |
Yoko meshi (Japanese): literally ‘a meal eaten sideways’, referring to the peculiar stress induced by speaking a foreign language:
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Aug 15 2008, 02:27 PM
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 That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
QUOTE(venti-anemoi @ Aug 15 2008, 01:00 AM)  I like this one. :] Irritating/annoying or curious. I find it hard to believe there isn't a word for that in the English language, but now that I think of it, I can't come up with one. 
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Aug 15 2008, 02:30 PM
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BBM: 310ED181 Group: Member Posts: 613 Joined: Jul 2008 Member No: 671,976 |
how about insatiable?
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Aug 15 2008, 03:34 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,071 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 41,748 |
Thats neat. I like Meraxi and Duende.
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Aug 15 2008, 05:06 PM
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<joke> inside </joke> Group: Official Member Posts: 2,283 Joined: Oct 2006 Member No: 470,590 |
QUOTE(berrypop90 @ Aug 15 2008, 12:00 AM) That's pretty cool. Happens to me all the time. haha, yea me too
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Aug 15 2008, 05:12 PM
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 James killed the radio star. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,095 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 589,855 |
Congratulations, you have made my inner geek VERY happy.
My outer geeks is currently making a mental note to use as many of those words as possible as soon as the opportunity arises. |
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Aug 15 2008, 05:15 PM
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<joke> inside </joke> Group: Official Member Posts: 2,283 Joined: Oct 2006 Member No: 470,590 |
does anybody speak any of these languages? so that we all know the right way to pronounce it?
my sister said this is how you pronounce Esprit de l’escalier: espreet day scalia apparently the direct translation is 'spirit of the stares' 
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