Well, school has been in for three full weeks, and this is the first weekend I'm spending here. My poor horse will be devastated, no doubt, and the family cat may just develop an ulcer because she can't find all of "her" people, but it has to happen. This semester my courses are all pretty frontloaded as far as projects and deadlines go, so I really do need to spend some time making real progress on some of this research and writing. One project that I'm really enthused about working on is a paper for my Early American History course, on the Whiskey Rebellion. I've already cleared out the school library's stock of books on the subject. XD
A friend recently sent me a list of words that don't exist in the English language. How many times have you wished that you had a word for something that you encounter, and English fails you?
L'esprit de escalier (French): The feeling that you get after leaving a conversation, when you think of all the things that you should have said. Translated it means "spirit of the staircase".
Waldeinsamkeit (German): The feeling of being alone in the woods.
Meraki (Greek): Doing something with soul, creativity, or love.
Forelsket (Norwegian): The euphoria you experience when you are first falling in love.
Gheegle (Filipino): The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute.
Pochemuchka (Russian): A person who asks a lot of questions.
Pena Ajena (Mexican Spanish): The embarrassment that you feel watching someone else's humiliation.
Cualacino (Italian): The mark left on a table by a cold glass.
Ilunga (Tshiluba, Congo): A person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, tolerate it a second time, but never a third time.
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