Words with No English Equivalent

[ysabetwordsmith]

I was amused by this list of foreign words, courtesy of my_partner_doug.

Comments

Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

I think my favorite is hoime. We do need a word for non-home.

Re: Wow!

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

Feel free to use any of them in your writing. I want my babies to spread and infect the brains of as many English speakers as possible.

Heh, there I go thinking of words as memes, as living beings. :-)