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Discussion Topic  RE: Untranslatable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
In re-expressing an idea from one language to another, the mapping may never be exact. The human ey......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untranslatable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Quite right goofy. Even with aliens, our space ventures have sought common ground in mathematical c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untranslatable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
No indulgence? OK then, proofreader. Looks like you're stuck with "A bit above a pain in the buttoc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untranslatable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Hey guys, you want just ONE word, you gotta let me derive an etymology that includes the phrase "and......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untranslatable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
If you will accept a word with the right metaphorical sense, perhaps "gomukhasana..." ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untranslatable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
To goofy -- It is always possible to find at least an approximate translation between two languages.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ghost words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Just as we explore the idea of word ghosts, and cultural memories, it seems xkcd got the same feelin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untranslatable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
No words are truly "untranslatable" as in entirely impossible to map to another language/culture/sys......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Untranslatable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Speaking of reviving old threads: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ghost words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Actually still on point, proofreader... Amusing to note which things, though non-functional, give p......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ghost words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Perhaps so, Proofreader. On the other hand, boomboxes got really big, physically, in the 1980s. An......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ghost words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
By the way - none of the under-30 crowd wear watches anymore. It's on their phone-pad-laptop. But e......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ghost words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Had occasion this weekend to rent a car. As noted earlier, there was a cylindrical socket for charg......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ghost words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Arnie -- home run! (if you'll permit a US archaism...) The skeuomorph seems to be a deliberate desi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ghost words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Kalleh: There's a closely related effect - the "echo" of "artifacts." When more people smoked, car......
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Discussion Topic  Ghost words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Is there a term for "culture ghosts?" I mean things like the "save" icon, shown as 3.5 inch diskett......
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Discussion Topic  Discreet / delay (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Dealing with contango and backwardation in economics, ran across “demurrage” (late fees in shipping)......
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Discussion Topic  Clumsy fix or clever improvisation? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Great technical discussion at ArsTechnica on switches and routers, which called Cisco's IOS a "kluge......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Interesting cognate. There is a German sense to sonder, meaning "special" (perhaps "apart?") in dis......
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Discussion Topic  Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
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