words we don't have in english
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A very short tour of "missing" words in EnglishTRANSCRIPT
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English Language
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Words for everything?
By some accounts, there are one-million words in the English language
By some estimates, someone with a university education understandings about 20,000 words
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A few examples from
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Alba
In Italian The day you leave prison after
serving a sentence.
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Ajane
In Tulu (a language in India) The noise of a thief
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kyoikumama
In Japanese A woman who makes her children
study so that they will do well academically.
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Dejar con el paquete
Spanish Abandoning a woman you
have made pregnant Literally: To drop with the
parcel
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biodegradabile
In Italian Someone who falls in love easily and
often
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Leibestod
In German Dying for love
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Pau heoheo
In Hawaiian A person who returns from fishing
without any fish
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And some silly examples from
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Meaning of Liff
This silly book takes the names of small towns and attaches them to concepts without words
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Epsom (n)
An entry in a dairy (such as a date or set of initials) which you don’t have any idea what is doing there.
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Ewelme (n)
The smile bestowed on you by an air hostess
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Foping (v)
Refusing the say what you’re looking so bloody wistful about
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Kerry (n)
The small twist of skin that separates each sausage in a string
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Some of our own
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A word for?
A door that closes too quickly
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A word for?
A freshly washed dog
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A word for?
A chip that is just warm enough to still eat
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A word for?
Water too cold to swim in
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Finally
List five concepts in English that don’t have a word in their own (but you think they should)