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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">Many thanks<o></o></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;">David<o></o></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold;">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;">
lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com [mailto:lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com] <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Fritz Goerling<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> 22 March 2006 20:30<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b>
lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: [Lexicog] Words that
are absent in particular languages</span></font><span lang="EN-US"><o></o></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;">I</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:
Arial;"> know of no good equivalent of German "Gemütlichkeit"
in other languages.</span></font><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";"><o></o></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">"bonne ambiance" is a paraphrase in French. That
is probably why there</span></font><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";"><o></o></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">is this song in American English "I like gemutlichkeit,
Munchner beer,</span></font><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";"><o></o></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">octoberfest". It does not have to be associated with
drinking beer, </span></font><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";"><o></o></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;">but it conveys the idea that everybody is having a good time</span></font><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";"><o></o></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;">together. </span></font><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";"><o></o></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;">Anna Wierzbicka has written an interesting book: </span></font><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";"><o></o></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;">Understanding Cultures through Their Key Words: English,
Russian, Polish, German, and Japanese </span></font><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";"><o></o></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;">(<st1>New York</st1>: <st1><st1>Oxford</st1> <st1>University</st1></st1>
Press, 1997. 318 pp.</span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</span></font><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";"><o></o></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;">Fritz Goerling</span></font><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";"><o></o></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">HI I'm researching words
which some languages omit. I'm trying to </span></font></tt><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";"><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">build up some examples. I believe, for instance,
that in Swedish there </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">is no direct counterpart for 'mind'.</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">If anyone has any examples I'd be delighted to
hear them.</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">cheers</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">DW</font></tt><br>
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