{"id":11583,"date":"2013-06-01T10:09:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T09:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/?p=11583"},"modified":"2013-06-01T10:12:53","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T09:12:53","slug":"quirky-foreign-words-the-english-language-is-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/?p=11583","title":{"rendered":"Quirky foreign words the English language is missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever felt your waistband tighten after raiding the fridge at the end of an overly stressful day at work? That\u2019ll be a case of \u2018grief bacon\u2019 (or kummerspeck), as the Germans call it.<\/span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;\">A specific feeling, situation or action may be perfectly summed up by a single phrase like this in one language, yet it can lack a direct equivalent in another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;\">This not only demonstrates the richness of language, but also how it is often necessary to \u2018borrow\u2019 from other tongues to find an expression which hits the nail on the head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;\">The exaggerated use of Anglicisms in other languages is often a point of contention, but what about those quirky foreign phrases that we could use in English?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here are five examples:<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;\">1. Backpfeifengesicht (German)<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;\">\u2013 a face that cries out for a fist<br \/>\n<\/span><b><span style=\"color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;\">2. Espirit d&#8217;escalier (French)<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0\u2013 when you think of that perfect verbal comeback\u2026but far too late<br \/>\n<\/span><b><span style=\"color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;\">3. Gigil (Tagalog)\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;\">\u2013 that urge to pinch or squeeze something ridiculously cute<br \/>\n<\/span><b><span style=\"color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;\">4. Cafune (Brazilian Portuguese<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;\">)<\/span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0\u2013 the act of \u201ctenderly running your fingers through your lover\u2019s hair\u201d\u2026oh those Romantic Brazilians!<br \/>\n<\/span><b><span style=\"color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;\">5. Bakku-shan (Japanese)<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0\u2013 not so romantic. Meaning a beautiful girl&#8230; as long as she&#8217;s being viewed from behind!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;\">For the full list, click\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/atlastranslations.cmail5.com\/t\/j-l-julidud-jlhydktlk-s\/\" href=\"http:\/\/atlastranslations.cmail5.com\/t\/j-l-julidud-jlhydktlk-s\/\"><b><span style=\"color: #00707b;\">here<\/span><\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever felt your waistband tighten after raiding the fridge at the end of an overly stressful day at work? That\u2019ll be a case of \u2018grief bacon\u2019 (or kummerspeck), as the Germans call it.A specific feeling, situation or action may be perfectly summed up by a single phrase like this in one language, yet it can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cultural-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11583"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11586,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11583\/revisions\/11586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}