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Thread poster: Suzan Hamer
Suzan Hamer
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Netherlands
Local time: 05:33
English
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May 24, 2013

I know there is an earlier thread about words in one language that don't exist in others, but I haven't been able to find it. If I could I would add this there. But since I can't:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=gykOF7lWpyM&feature=fvwp

You may want to turn off the sound.
 
Lori Cirefice
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France
Local time: 05:33
French to English
nice! May 24, 2013

I needed a short distraction
 
Mailand
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Italian to German
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Me, too May 24, 2013

and something to smile about ... Northern Italy is freezing at the moment (in many aspects), so a smile is needed to warm my heart ...
 
Tim Drayton
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Cyprus
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Turkish to English
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Gümüşservi May 25, 2013

That was a new Turkish word for me, although it is certainly in the dictionary. It is a pity that they didn't spell it properly on the video.
 
George Hopkins
George Hopkins
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Swedish to English
Lagom May 26, 2013

The Swedes have a rather diffuse word, of which they are very proud.
The word is 'lagom'; often meaning just right, OK, middling, passable, etc.
 


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