tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177225541748552284.post8180753910181189805..comments2023-10-07T13:11:49.538+01:00Comments on The State Of The Nation UK: 15 Words with no English equivalentStephen Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05856125636247364096noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177225541748552284.post-40985744100965832522012-04-13T15:29:05.479+01:002012-04-13T15:29:05.479+01:00Very interesting. Hadn't encountered any of th...Very interesting. Hadn't encountered any of these before. Would be useful if English, with already a larger vocabulary than any other language (thanks to its 'magpie' characteristic of filching words from elsewhere), took on some of these really useful words. Maybe it will over time - though the pronounciations would make some of them unlikely candidates for absorption. <br />(Even though I read German, don't recall coming across #15 before. But my dictionary confirms what you say.)Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.com