Earl_of_Rochester
Hello my darlings,
This topic is directed towards our foreign counterparts across the globe, as I am quite awful at foreign languages it is by the grace of God that many websites are written in English. This is indeed a blessing for me, tho I hear once those Chinese Commies start to industrialise properly then a few things might change, but in the meantime I think it's fair to say that the English tongue is paramount for international communication & offers a common language for all to be understood.
Which brings me to consider the question, that there are words in foreign languages that exist but have entirely no translation in English. If we do not have a word for that event are we even aware then that these events & feelings take place?
i.e. ‘Beerexpectation’- this could be a word in a foreign language to describe the exhilarating feeling of drinking a cold beer on a hot day, yet there are no words in English to describe it.
Ergo, I must ask the dirty foreigners if they might be obliged to offer a little of their linguistic expertise for this philosophical topic & enlighten the rest of us with some words of wisdom.
I have the honour, &c.
~EoR
This topic is directed towards our foreign counterparts across the globe, as I am quite awful at foreign languages it is by the grace of God that many websites are written in English. This is indeed a blessing for me, tho I hear once those Chinese Commies start to industrialise properly then a few things might change, but in the meantime I think it's fair to say that the English tongue is paramount for international communication & offers a common language for all to be understood.
Which brings me to consider the question, that there are words in foreign languages that exist but have entirely no translation in English. If we do not have a word for that event are we even aware then that these events & feelings take place?
i.e. ‘Beerexpectation’- this could be a word in a foreign language to describe the exhilarating feeling of drinking a cold beer on a hot day, yet there are no words in English to describe it.
Ergo, I must ask the dirty foreigners if they might be obliged to offer a little of their linguistic expertise for this philosophical topic & enlighten the rest of us with some words of wisdom.
I have the honour, &c.
~EoR