The words English forgot to invent | LEXICAL GAPS
About this episode
Rob and Jess explore the lexical gaps in the English language and discuss words that have been forgotten or are untranslatable.
Why doesn't English have a word for someone who is alive? Or a general term for your aunties and uncles? Should we bring back the word 'uhtceare' from Old English or steal 'Torschlusspanik' from German? Rob and Jess answer these questions and more as they investigate the words that English has forgotten to invent. Join them to explore silly sniglets, outrageous orphaned negatives and untranslatable terms in another nerdy episode of Words Unravelled. 👕 OUR MERCH 👚 US SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.com/ EU/UK SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.net/ 👀 WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/PH64PZAjK_s
People in this episode
Hosts: RobWords, Jess Zafarris
Topics covered
- lexical gaps
- language
- untranslatable terms
- Old English
- cultural exploration
Keywords
- English language
- lexical gaps
- uhtceare
- Torschlusspanik
- language exploration
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Words Unravelled
Books & works: uhtceare, Torschlusspanik
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