The Eskimos have one
hundred different words for snow. The Germans have a word that means “a face in
need of a fist”. There’s even a word for phoning once and hanging up, hoping
the person will call you back, in Czech.
The 10 Coolest Foreign Words The English
Language Needs
Some of these are the same as the previous list,
but this list has some other good terms, including a couple of fascinating
Japanese words for what you pretend to believe and what you actually believe.
Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_17251_the-10-coolest-foreign-words-english-language-needs.html
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2 comments:
Something to substitute for "cool"??? :-)
Exactly.
Helen
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