August 2012
6 posts
11 More Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent →
nevver:
Seigneur-terraces (French) Coffee shop dwellers who sit at tables a long time but spend little money.
Ya’arburnee (Arabic) This word is the hopeful declaration that you will die before someone you love deeply, because you cannot stand to live without them. Literally, may you bury me.
Schlimazel (Yiddish) Someone prone to bad luck. Yiddish distinguishes between the schlemiel and...
July 2012
6 posts
thecinephileblog:
It’s 2050, an older Michael Phelps is talking to his doctor. ” Michael you’re developing spinal stenosis,” his doctor takes his gloves off. ” Should I stop swimming?” ” No, it’s time to take off the medals you’ve worn for 36 years.”
