Wordie: English doesn't have a word for it: Comments

Comment by seanahan, about 1 year ago

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:17:31 +0000

Piano - soft
Forte - loud
ubermensh - Superman
crescendo - loudening

I know quite a few people who use epicaricacy, and though its origins are somewhat suspect, if people use it, it is a word.

Comment by Valse, about 1 year ago

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:06:45 +0000

Apparently the English word for schadenfreude is epicaricacy...if you want to get technical. There's a book out there whose name I can't quite recall that talks about various words and phrases that are exclusive to one language/region. Maybe someone else will know the title.

Wabi Sabi

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:39:45 +0000