words that don't exist in English

[Benjamin Barrett]

Hahaha. I enjoy reading them about once a year.

Among the words, pena ajena caught my attention. It's glossed as "The embarrassment you feel watching someone else’s humiliation."

I think the adjective I hear for this is "painful." I distinctly remember hearing someone say that with reference to the series The Office. I think that same person also used "pain."

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On May 18, 2012, at 2:54 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:

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> This seems to be a popular stupid thing to do:
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> http://thegloss.com/culture/10-awesome-words-we-dont-have-in-english-574/
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>     VS-)
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> On 5/18/2012 4:56 PM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
>> It's the whilst
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>> http://sobadsogood.com/2012/04/29/25-words-that-simply-dont-exist-in-english/
>>
>>
>> Tom Zurinskas
>

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