13.10.2010

ord for onsdag

Words I wish existed in the Norwegian language:

L'esprit de escalier
(French)
The feeling you get after leaving a conversation, when you 
think of all the things you should have said. 

Waldeimsamkeit
(German)
The feeling of being alone in the woods

Gheegle
(Filipino)
The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute

Pochemuchka
(Russian)
A person who asks a lot of questions

Ilunga
(Tshiluba, Congo)
A person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to 
tolerate it a second time, but never a third time

Saudade
(Portugese, Galician)
The feeling one gets when realizing that something one once 
had is lost and can never be had again



1 kommentar:

  1. Fabelaktige ord! Spesielt det øverste og det nederste :)

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