Oct. 15th, 2010

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This was originally a comment on another post, but it seemed to me both amusing and notable enough to share.

My favorite difficult to translate word in another language is "Fremdsprachenfeinheitseifersucht," which can be translated as either "envy of the nuance evident in a foreign language" or, more specifically, "Another nation's native speakers being surprised, pleased, and envious that the German language has already got a word for a seemingly nebulous concept."

I love this word because when you see the translation of it, you experience the emotion it describes.

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