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The best word in any language?
Posted by farangrakthai • 5/06/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: language, thai, thailand
What is the word you like most?
I live in Thailand and the one I like best is Ka.
It just means nothing, only what women add at the end of each sentence, in order to confirm that they're actually listening to you (I think 
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Defenestrate
I love that there is a specific word for throwing something/one out of a window!-
I indeed kind of like this one also.
Not really as useful as Ka but how could anybody come up with such a word really beats me -
well... *puts on spectacles*...'fenestra' is the Latin word for window and 'de' means out of/down from so if you were saying you threw something out of a window in Latin that's how you would say it...but I love that it still exists in English!
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too bad no one really uses it anymore. -
Part of the reason no one uses it though is you can't really guess the meaning by how it sounds.
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Yes.
In the sense of accepting all things as they are.-
All-all?
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Thai language :
khob khun krub (for men)
khob khun ka (for women)
mean 'thank you'
it's very nice if you say and smile
khob khun ka -
Well, the krup part does not appeal to me as much as the ka part.
They sure need to learn from the girls how to make it nice...
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FU*K;
It is international, and carries the exact same meaning anywhere in the globe. In addition, there are no other words that convey the same meaning, urgency, and power of that four letter beast.
No word is probably used more, and yet we all consider it vulgar. Weird.-
The word OK is used much more.
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It is a word that can be used as a verb, adjective, noun, and adverb. It can be used to describe pleasure, pain, hate and love. You can even use the f word as a part of another word. It has many different uses -
I was going to say.
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fuck seconded -
It's not used as much as you guys think it is. Probably only in the US or UK. I have yet to hear the word used with any frequency in China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, or India- and that's more than 1/2 of the world population right there.
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My favourite is the Japanese way of answering a telephone with Moshi moshi.
This not just sounds great but is done in case the caller is an evil shape shifting fox because apparently the only words a shape shifting fox can't say are moshi moshi.
So if you answer with moshi moshi and the person replies you know for definite that it isn't an evil shape shifting fox trying to deceive you, sheer genius!-
hahaha
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Right, the Japanese are probably the only ones not saying allo...
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Is it an urban legend: FUCK : Fornicating Under the Consent of the King, an old English rule...?
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I think fuck is an old Saxon word.
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Love-
Yeah I have to agree with you on that one
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I thought the first one reading this thread would say that.
A word that is little understood these days and hence, lost its meaning...-
I agree with you.
Love is magnificent, exhilirating trip, and when it dies, it is worse than almost any other death. You don't want to believe it, but the ride is over,
and you're just not going any further on this track.
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Who knows? Maybe love is nothing but a word after all
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People learn to love. Love doesn't just happen. It doesn't appear to be an innate or inborn characteristic. The ability to love must be taught and is acquired within a social context. It is a skill upon which other relationships build.
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Words convey emotions and are what separate human beings from the other animals. So they're not words only...
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I think that's the advantage other animals have over us. They're not separated from life by a wall of words.
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Could you live without words to convey what you think?
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In the long run, I think words and thoughts are insignificant. It's living, experiencing, that counts. And none of that can really be captured in word or thought.
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sawatika...is it right? the only word that I learned when I travel to your country..hehehe...opppsss "ka" means go in Korea.
For me, it's also "love".-
I think is is sawadee ka, meaning good day, good morning,..., in women language
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The word "lah" very commonly used in my country-Malaysia. It is used in every friendly conversations. For instance yes lah and no lah -
How about this one: the word in Spanish for those paper party blowouts is "espantasuegras". Not only do we not have a proper word for them in English, but the Spanish word literally translates as "scares mother-in-laws". Genius.-
Only the Spanish people could come up with such a word. Asian mothers-in-law are not that scary. Or wifes actually...
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As of right now...I can't stop saying "butt cheeks." -
Nice TWO words...A pity we do not have the same in French, or Thai...
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PEACE - the Peace Sign is recognized worldwide.
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Well, did you ever participate in a Miss Universe contest?
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The word "ummm" -
Life!!! -
Understanding (comes from the google ads on this page, their algorithm for finding ads is actually pretty good... )
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Serendipity.
Defenestration is good, too.
In Greek I like the sound of the number twelve (dodeka with the d's pronounced as th) and donkey (yai-i-thouri is the closest phonetic). -
Yes-
No is not too bad either.
When used wisely...
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Suvaco Arm pit this is how Brazilians say it in Portuguese. -
compassion -
No! It means what it says. -
diaphanous
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Biscuit. The word even sounds edible - like the shape your mouth takes when you bite into something.
I'm reminded of what Tolkien's once said about how the greatest collection of two words in the english language is "cellar door". -
MASARAP (filipino which means DELICIOUS! -
Bumboclaat! -
I remember something like "Sa Bai di Ka" when I was in Thailand
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Right. Sa bai dee means, I'm feeling good. And Sai bai dee kaa, with the kaa at the end, means the same, but said by a Thai woman...
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Ayo - it's a Yoruba word for Joy
Its also the prefix to my first name.
I bring joy people woohooo! -
LOVE -
I forgot this one SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICKSEXPIALIDOCIAS I love that word to.
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i like the word "tristia," which roughly means "sadness."
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Egads
Not sure what the actual definition is (I suppose I could look it up real quick... but nah). But hearing it in context it is obviously some expression of surprise or shock. -
I´m Portuguese and the best word is "Saudade" because there is no direct translation for it in any language of the world ...
www.photo-pt.blogspot.com
www.musichole.blogspot.com -
kanasai
it means like crap in Hokkienese-
hahahaha, you KNS!
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BAGUS (Indonesia language)....means perfect, great, looking good, nice, good score, health conditions and can be use to express your appreciation to your family achievement... -
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These are new ones that I have started useing
Razzin
Joshin
Just about anything and add IN to it
Oh yea learnin a new lingo to,that a friend from twitter told me about. Kinda like pig latin or G'talk. It's called spoonerism,havin' lotssss of fun w/ it -
a (neutral tone) in Mandarin. In some conversations, it can be used with a sentence fragment to imply what would naturally follow, allowing you to avoid needless words. Like:
Who is it?
Who a?
Or even better:
(After being told to send flowers)
How am I supposed to send this?
How send a?
3 words as supposed to 7. With space savers like that, no wonder those folks talk so fast. -
'Well' as in "Oh, well" or any similar generic comment committing everything to fate and accepting a turn of events, however horrible, as something that just had to happen. -
Ayo - Yoruba for Joy
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Peace.
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Maa -
Nothing beats "Love"
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nothing beats sex too
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Love beats sex anytime
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Love is Irish is Gra.. Heart is Chroi...Spirit is Anam... I will take Love -
I have to say "GOD" everyone has one, or wants one.-
*puts hand up* I don't...!
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Saudade, the best and only word to describe I miss you, only on Portugal!!! -
I tend to like a recent incarnation - "mangina" -
chocolate -
i don't know how to spell it, but "Kakalacen" [Kak-ah-lak-en] is my favourite German word...it means cockroach apparently
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I love how the Italians say "Ciao Bella!"...it's beautiful and said in a "sing-song" manner.
One word I find funny though in German is "Achtung!" It makes me laugh.
And being married to a Scotsman, I love how my husband says in his thick Glasgow accent, "Nae botha..." when someone asks him for a favour. He's actually saying no bother, meaning he will grant that favour. -
One of my favourites is "umpiluupää", which is Finnish and means approximately "solid-bone-head". Very useful, it's both descriptive and insulting. -
I feel good everytime i hear this Korean word: araso or aruso. It means "ok" or "agreed". -
Kaka ... when you hear your baby say it before pooping, it means u gonna start saving your money on diapers -
There are lots of words which bring me pleasure to say... makrela, želatina... šraňky! -
"GOD"- is there any other word of infinite meaning? -
F**k : Its the only word that means everything!! -
Bakku-shan.
Japanese for a girl who's pretty from behind but not from the front.
Amazing what other cultures have been up to while your back was turned. -
Schnukelig
It's "cute" in german. -
“Sisu,” a Finnish word, means courage, strength, and the will to endure and finish a task -
Love
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