Monday, September 12, 2011

15 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent

"The Global Language Monitor estimates that there are currently 1,009,753 words in the English language. Despite this large lexicon, many nuances of human experience still leave us tongue-tied. And that’s why sometimes it’s necessary to turn to other languages to find le mot juste. Here are fifteen foreign words with no direct English equivalent." - continue

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  • Which of these 15 is your favorite? Can you think of other English multi-word phrases that could conceivably be reduced to a single word?

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