[Ads-l] No word for X

[Wilson Gray]

> There appears to be no word in Latin for "sexy."

Um-research suggests that there appears to be no word for "sexy" in any
language other than English.

On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 1:16 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> There appears to be no word in Latin for "sexy."
>
> JL
>
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 11:02 AM victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Going back to the well...
> >
> > “In the Hebrew language, there is no word for history,” Wilf explained.
> > “The only word for history in the Jewish language is zakar, and that
> means
> > remember. We don’t have a history unless we tell the stories."
> >
> > https://www.vikings.com/news/vikings-visit-holocaust-memorial-museum
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