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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:23:43 AM EDT
Oftentimes I have to use multiple very related and redundant words to describe some sort of situation or feeling in a sentence while other languages have the exact word I'm looking for.
Take for instance the Japanese saying "shikata ga nai", Simply means "it cannot be helped" But there is no English equivalent to it, Is basically a situation that is truly, hopelessly, unchangeable, It's an idiom yes but the way it is pieced together is what really makes it so, Closest thing English actually has to it are actually books that you can read such as 1984, gulag archipelago, If you understand those 2 books then you understand the meaning. For instance the word strong or strength, two words that are slightly different from each other, other languages would have 6 diffrent variations. Perhaps the best example I can use off the top of my head is old ancient Sumerian Kalag. You have to practically use every single English word to describe it and even then it falls short, inner strength tenacity enduring perseverance will willpower blah blah blah The thing I can think of is "imperishable" in a poetic light. English is just so starile, its a very good technical language but can do little to express passion like traditional Chinese scrip or grand ideas and ideals like Sumerian. Oh well. Eta fixed weird ass auto correct of Japanese saying Quoted: Lol this. WTF is OP talking about. English has lots of sayings. The OP is chasing an untamed Ornithoid without cause Perhaps i am 
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:25:48 AM EDT
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English is the best language on the planet, and second place is not close.
Fight me. |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:26:28 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:27:37 AM EDT
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c'est la vie
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:27:51 AM EDT
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Quoted: …starile…. LOL |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:28:49 AM EDT
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People have said "it is what it is" to dismiss inevitabilities with exactly the same tone since forever.
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:29:32 AM EDT
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So take the word that means what you want to say and jam it into the English language.
What a schmuck. |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:31:43 AM EDT
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It is what it is
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:31:50 AM EDT
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We have little sayings that other cultures romanticize as well
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:31:56 AM EDT
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weirdo
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:32:12 AM EDT
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Familiarity breeds contempt.
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:32:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: LOL Quote HistoryQuoted: LOL ...English languege... |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:32:47 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:32:59 AM EDT
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shi kata ga nai
mono no aware is another good one. |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:32:59 AM EDT
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Y'all must really hate us Southerners then.
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:33:51 AM EDT
[#15]
I hate starile langueges.
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:34:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Y'all must really hate us Southerners then. I love yall personally. I'm preparing to = mFixinta (I'm fixing to) Usage. mfixinta go shootin here |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:34:10 AM EDT
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In my experience, English is the most versatile language. You can say things in many different orders, don't have that stupid gender stuff attached that unnecessarily complicates language, you can even make things up and people will understand.
My only other language experience is German and Spanish, mainly German, and to me it's pretty rigid. There are words that do allow the conveyance of different depths of meaning though but there are similar things in English too. Overall, I truly appreciate English for its fluid use. |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:34:33 AM EDT
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Every language has things its good at expressing and things that it's not great with. Languages have words that mean multiple things. In Czech koza can mean goat or tit depending on the context.
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:35:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Quit trying so hard. You literally answered your own statement. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/162439/Screenshot_20220406-092450_Chrome_jpg-2339596.JPG Uhhh, No. Direct translations of the ethereal languages Of the Far East to Latin base is laughably crude. Took me years of mental gymnastics to be able to finally go between the 2 |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:35:16 AM EDT
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English is best glish.
You just need need to expand your vocabulary and use your creativity. 
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:35:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So take the word that means what you want to say and jam it into the English language. What a schmuck. Hence is why we are also so very French |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:36:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So take the word that means what you want to say and jam it into the English language. What a schmuck. I admire your chutzpah. |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:37:57 AM EDT
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Take for instance the Japanese saying "shikata ga nai",
English, " SHIT HAPPENS " Your welcome |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:38:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It is what it is Perhaps that is the best we have but it is not crushing enough |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:38:32 AM EDT
[#25]
Just steal and start using the other language.
Schadenfreude is a German word I've come to use a lot, mostly here sadly. |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:39:22 AM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Just steal and start using the other language. Schadenfreude is a German word I've come to use a lot, mostly here sadly. This too. You'll look super cultured and you can look down on people who dont know what it means. There are no negatives. |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:39:33 AM EDT
[#27]
LP thread.
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:40:21 AM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Just steal and start using the other language. Schadenfreude is a German word I've come to use a lot, mostly here sadly. I like 'zeitgeist' personally. I also LOVE zugzwang, a Chess term if you're not familiar. Very handy! |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:40:51 AM EDT
[#29]
I hate poorly spelt thread titles calling out the language that has been abused
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:40:56 AM EDT
[#30]
OP
It Cannot Be Helped |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:41:28 AM EDT
[#31]
Do your own farts smell better or worse in a Kia than in a Prius?
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:41:42 AM EDT
[#32]
Feelings? How many words does a man need to describe Happy and Not Happy???
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:41:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do your own farts smell better or worse in a Kia than in a Prius? This is the hard-hitting journalism we need. |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:41:56 AM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It is what it is Yep this |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:42:00 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:42:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Feelings? How many words does a man need to describe Happy and Not Happy??? At least 87. |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:42:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I like 'zeitgeist' personally. I also LOVE zugzwang, a Chess term if you're not familiar. Very handy! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Just steal and start using the other language. Schadenfreude is a German word I've come to use a lot, mostly here sadly. I like 'zeitgeist' personally. I also LOVE zugzwang, a Chess term if you're not familiar. Very handy! my favorite German word is Krankenwagen. It means ambulance. It's fuckin perfect. |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:43:06 AM EDT
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This place needs a philosophy forum
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:43:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: OP It Cannot Be Helped Or the commonly used French "C'est la vie" |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:44:19 AM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I like 'zeitgeist' personally. I also LOVE zugzwang, a Chess term if you're not familiar. Very handy! Plus it has "wang" in it. |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:45:31 AM EDT
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I can't even count the number of chicks I've stopped talking to because everyday it was some stupid new far fetched shit to be depressed about, and no one wants to listen to that bullshit. You outshine them ALL, OP. Between crying about your awards trip, and now your native language not having enough emotion, maybe you should look into changing up your meds.
What's the Japanese character for "blow the sand out of your vagina and act normal?" |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:45:44 AM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: English is the best language on the planet, and second place is not close. Fight me. You're god Damm right hiesenberg.jpg |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:47:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I hate poorly spelt thread titles calling out the language that has been abused I could never win the spelling bee, physically writing is difficult too, dysgraphia is a bitch |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:48:20 AM EDT
[#44]
A Japanophile complains about the English language?
I'm shocked 
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:50:29 AM EDT
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Every language has it's own deeply nuanced idioms that would be difficult to succinctly convey in another language... or even it's own language, if one attempted to fully explain all that the idiom conveys.
i.e., try to expand: "Well, shit!" |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:50:34 AM EDT
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I’m not sure if very many linguists would agree with the OP’s premise.
English is a Germanic language with a strong Latin component bolted on. It also has possibly the largest use of loan words of any language as a result of the history of its speakers. I think English is generally regarded as having a particularly large and nuanced vocabulary because of all these incorporated roots. I’m also gonna have to question if the OP really has mastery of Sumerian to a level allowing him to expound on its subtlety. |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:52:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I’m also gonna have to question if the OP really has mastery of Sumerian to a level allowing him to expound on its subtlety. Do you not? |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:53:03 AM EDT
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I get what you're saying but i think a better example would be the Greek words for love. We have one word for love. They had eight. Highlighted by the thread a couple day ago with the thread about "Do you say i love you your male friends" I love my wife in a completely different way than my friends to the point idk if you could even use the same word.
The greek words are: Agape - unconditional love - the feeling of love for mankind. when you see innocents murdered and feel sad for it Eros - sexual, erotic - the kind you have for your wife especially when you first get together Philia - affectionate love, not sexual - the kind you have for friends Philautia - self love - the kind you have for yourself Storge - familiarity love, not sexual - the kind you have for your kids Pragma - enduring love - those that have been married a while know. your love for your wife changes. you still have eros but this is a deeper love. Ludus - infatuation love - the kind when you first meet a girl you like and you get the butterflies in your stomach Mania - obsessive love - the word to describe the type of love when you get jealous |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:53:09 AM EDT
[#49]
How about learning to spell correctly before posting?
Your posts are always whiny ass retardation......?? with lots of spelling mistakes. Haha, grammar Nazi exists. AIRBORNE!!!!! |
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Posted: 4/6/2022 9:53:13 AM EDT
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