Favorite words and idiomatic phrases

Nov 01, 2014 17:03

Mostly for Anna, who appreciates the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis ( Read more... )

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somnus_rationis November 5 2014, 15:47:58 UTC
Thank you for the lovely words. I know (and love) some of them already, and others taste good in my mind (or smell, petrichor is my favorite smell, it never fails to make me happy). I think mamihlapinatapai is my new favorite now, or at least it will be when I figure out how to pronounce it. And since you don't list my old favorite (not that it's a sure indicator that you don't know it), I think I'll share it with you: mottainai (Japanese).

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