http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/book ... 315207.ece
so what's the most unique word in your vocab/native tongue that has no equivalent in any other language? i could think of a chinese few, but i'm sure Alex could beat me in this [crazy]
weird vocabulary
Some days around these parts theres a constant very light drizzle of rain .On such days folk greet each other with"sure,tis a fine soft day".
Also if you put off a job til another day ,its "put on the long finger".
Also, only in Cork, is a term "langer" for someone whos up to no good but in a fun kind of (only in Ireland )oddly acceptable way. Or at least thats the closest i can get the meaning .I am open to correction.
Also if you put off a job til another day ,its "put on the long finger".
Also, only in Cork, is a term "langer" for someone whos up to no good but in a fun kind of (only in Ireland )oddly acceptable way. Or at least thats the closest i can get the meaning .I am open to correction.
In this moment I can only think of dietrologia (behindology) and I found out a page that describes the meaning better than I could do
http://what.really.happened.at.german.pages.de/
Dietrologia is the Italian word for the science of what is behind. Italians never believe things at face value. There is always something hidden behind it which provides the real explanation. The science of finding these hidden explanations is dietrologia (from dietro= behind )", an expression coined in the 1980s. "Usually this concerns the background of sinister events: bribery; corruption; the misuse of power for private benefit; crooked politicians." (http://www.bk.tudelft.nl/media/breen/.. ... SHORT.htm0
"Living in Italy, one quickly realises that suspicion and paranoia are the standard emotional twinges of "imaginative Italians": suspicion about amorous betrayal, paranoia that the goodies in government might actually be the baddies, suspicion about whether organised crime is quite as organised in reality as it appears in books and films. Rampant suspicion is the reason Italians love the dinner-party game of dietrologia ( X-Files-style conspiracy-theorising), in which participants try to out-trump each other with paranoid ideas about the country's terrorism, its fascism and the links between the two. The reason for that Italianate suspicion is that there is so much food for thought. The country seems to have an unlimited supply of real-life thrillers, called gialli or "yellows" because thrillers are published with yellow bindings." (http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/cri ... 84,00.html)
"One such element involves the Italian concept of dietrologia, which translated literally into English means "behindology." Dietrologia is a belief that for every public action, some sort of conspiracy exists behind it. The Italian public believes it never knows the whole story, but is nevertheless obsessed with speculating about what the whole story could be." (http://pubweb.northwestern.edu/~nak421/thesis.html)
http://what.really.happened.at.german.pages.de/
Dietrologia is the Italian word for the science of what is behind. Italians never believe things at face value. There is always something hidden behind it which provides the real explanation. The science of finding these hidden explanations is dietrologia (from dietro= behind )", an expression coined in the 1980s. "Usually this concerns the background of sinister events: bribery; corruption; the misuse of power for private benefit; crooked politicians." (http://www.bk.tudelft.nl/media/breen/.. ... SHORT.htm0
"Living in Italy, one quickly realises that suspicion and paranoia are the standard emotional twinges of "imaginative Italians": suspicion about amorous betrayal, paranoia that the goodies in government might actually be the baddies, suspicion about whether organised crime is quite as organised in reality as it appears in books and films. Rampant suspicion is the reason Italians love the dinner-party game of dietrologia ( X-Files-style conspiracy-theorising), in which participants try to out-trump each other with paranoid ideas about the country's terrorism, its fascism and the links between the two. The reason for that Italianate suspicion is that there is so much food for thought. The country seems to have an unlimited supply of real-life thrillers, called gialli or "yellows" because thrillers are published with yellow bindings." (http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/cri ... 84,00.html)
"One such element involves the Italian concept of dietrologia, which translated literally into English means "behindology." Dietrologia is a belief that for every public action, some sort of conspiracy exists behind it. The Italian public believes it never knows the whole story, but is nevertheless obsessed with speculating about what the whole story could be." (http://pubweb.northwestern.edu/~nak421/thesis.html)
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That word and the meaning is not Swedish-only. The same word is used in Norwegian.sound world wrote:That Stina interview I sent you has that word in the headline,doesn't it Daniel?daniel wrote:Oh there are a lot of them
Vemod
So I'm intrigued....!
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.o ... choly.html
Swedish - (languor, sadness)
hm...is "ghetto" native to N. America? I have no idea where it came from, just appeared. But It's evolved in meaning since it started being used daily here.
I'm sure you all know what it meansa: cheap, poor, unkempt, making due with what little you have, or just tacky. It's a great word. Could be used to describe alot of my possesions;)
I'm sure you all know what it meansa: cheap, poor, unkempt, making due with what little you have, or just tacky. It's a great word. Could be used to describe alot of my possesions;)
-You can''t stop my heart from turning inside out.
Something wrong at first :
SEIGNEUR-TERRASSE French
Someone who spends time, but not money, at a caf?.
This is NEVER used here, we have another word for it.
27 words for "moustache" in an Albanian dictionary ?
Maybe it means moustache have a strong meaning int the albanian culture.
And the answer is maybe this one : we don't need those words in our culture that's why we have no translation for them....
SEIGNEUR-TERRASSE French
Someone who spends time, but not money, at a caf?.
This is NEVER used here, we have another word for it.
27 words for "moustache" in an Albanian dictionary ?
Maybe it means moustache have a strong meaning int the albanian culture.
And the answer is maybe this one : we don't need those words in our culture that's why we have no translation for them....
I believe in your smile everyday
But I know that you're far from my way
When I talk to the moon I can hear you
In the dark I can see, I can feel your light
But I know that you're far from my way
When I talk to the moon I can hear you
In the dark I can see, I can feel your light
