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<DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><FONT face="Tahoma"><FONT size="2"><SPAN class="140561220-22032006"></SPAN>I<SPAN class="140561220-22032006"><FONT face="Arial" size="3"> know of no good equivalent of German "Gemütlichkeit" in other
languages.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><FONT face="Tahoma"><FONT size="2"><SPAN class="140561220-22032006"><FONT face="Arial" size="3">"bonne ambiance" is a
paraphrase in French. That is probably why
there</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><FONT face="Tahoma"><FONT size="2"><SPAN class="140561220-22032006"><FONT face="Arial" size="3">is this song in American
English "I like gemutlichkeit, Munchner beer,</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><FONT face="Tahoma"><FONT size="2"><SPAN class="140561220-22032006"><FONT face="Arial" size="3">octoberfest". It does not have
to be associated with drinking beer, </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><FONT face="Tahoma"><FONT size="2"><SPAN class="140561220-22032006"><FONT face="Arial" size="3">but it conveys the idea that
everybody is having a good time</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><FONT><FONT face="Arial"><SPAN class="140561220-22032006">together. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir="ltr" align="left"><FONT><FONT><SPAN class="140561220-22032006"><FONT face="Arial">Anna Wierzbicka has written an interesting book: </FONT>
<DIV class="arttitle"><FONT face="Arial">Understanding Cultures through Their Key
Words: English, Russian, Polish, German, and Japanese<SPAN class="140561220-22032006"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class="arttitle"><FONT face="Arial"><SPAN class="140561220-22032006"><FONT face="Times New Roman">(New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. 318
pp.</FONT> <FONT face="Times New Roman">)</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class="arttitle"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN class="140561220-22032006"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class="arttitle"><FONT face="Arial"><SPAN class="140561220-22032006">Fritz
Goerling</SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV><TT>HI I'm researching words which some languages omit. I'm trying to
<BR>build up some examples. I believe, for instance, that in Swedish there
<BR>is no direct counterpart for 'mind'.<BR>If anyone has any examples I'd be
delighted to hear them.<BR>cheers<BR>DW<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></TT>
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