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Max Miller :
It's more of a cultural thing, right? Advertising being one dimension of that of course. "Awesome" used to hold that kind of depth.
2023-08-14 06:26:43
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a.human.being. :
I read an interesting article that argued that English as it’s become the lingua franca has become less layered; so fluency can be easily attained
2023-08-11 21:43:40
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ProfessorPirni :
hi! translated Punjabi sufi poetry for my PhD dissertation..doesn't even come close ...why aren't we friends
2023-08-11 22:32:51
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damien333333 :
See but unironically “awesome” is a beautiful superlative but it’s the repeated colloquial usage in daily life that strips it of the grandiose feelin
2023-08-12 04:49:57
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M.A.Q.A. :
Hozier looking at the poem as we speak
2023-08-12 05:27:38
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William A. K. :
In English these words Did mean similar things - “awesome” as in awe-inspiring, “great”, “sublime” - you’ll find them in Gothic writing
2023-08-12 01:57:30
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neuroticrelease :
helps when you use somewhat archaic or obscure words like exalted, supernal, transcendent. Trade in some easy readability for less spoiled connotation
2023-08-12 04:07:44
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maybe :
This reminds me of when I try to translate certain words in Spanish but bc Spanish is way more passionate it doesn’t have the same meaning in English
2023-08-12 00:59:25
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Mariam :
YES!!!! I feel this way about translating Urdu into English you just cannot translate that depth
2023-08-11 22:31:49
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bvnny :
this reminds me of the latin “mirabile dictu/visu” lit. “wonder to say/behold.” holds much more of a religious/spiritual connotation than in english
2023-08-12 00:50:26
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homosensuality :
could there be words from old english or even english from like 200-300 years ago that we don’t use anymore that would be closer in meaning?
2023-08-11 21:24:05
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emilia jane :
Also I feel like professionalism is the antithesis of sentimentality, which is what modern English really functions for.
2023-08-18 01:36:29
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Chelsea Flood :
Such an interesting dialogue and so many layers! I agree there is so much depth to words in other languages compared to English.
2023-08-11 21:39:33
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J :
first arabic translations of “awesome” and “great” that come to mind feel like advertising words - عجيب، ممتاز - reminds me of a commercial
2023-08-12 07:45:10
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ephemeralmonarch :
Nah ur definitely onto smth here
2023-08-11 21:45:25
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Gus Allan :
wow this is fascinating thanks. This made me think about how people learn languages that have words with such deep context
2023-08-13 23:48:34
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pigeonsarecuteaf :
I want to read your thesis so bad now omg!!!!!
2023-08-12 08:25:37
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Юля :
i don’t speak arabic but growing up reciting russian poetry from childhood ( as every russian kid had to ) english has always seemed so
2023-08-12 17:21:44
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isabelle 🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩 :
OBSESSED w this vid and would absolutely read ur thesis
2023-08-11 22:39:38
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Nuka Chirakadze :
That’s so interesting, I’m a native Georgian speaker which is also a very old language and I always think how gramatically correct sentences are 1/3
2023-08-13 20:00:39
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LuminousDoom :
Would you please recommend some Sufi Poets? I've loved Mevlana/Rumi since I was a teen but I'm not familiar with any other Sufi writers.
2023-08-13 15:28:20
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HCK :
1/2 Listen to Tom Waits reading Bukowski’s poem “The sacred Heart”. I was lucky that this was my introduction to the word ‘marvelous’.
2023-09-14 06:56:33
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Violet 💜 :
This is something I think about often but don’t have the knowledge to further elaborate on. I feel like advertising has made language meaningless too
2023-08-12 13:32:17
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Like an Empress :
Thank you ao much for this. I am a non English native writer trying to use English to promote my mysticalbooks to a wider audience and even with
2023-10-20 08:16:47
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