Tag Archives: Foreign words with no equivalent in English

There’s English and there’s English.

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Language is very important to all of us, which ever one it is that we speak. Over 20,000 people a year read my old post on 102 Words That Aren’t In English But Should Be 102 Words That Aren’t In English … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Culture, Life, News, Opinion | Tagged Business English, English, English as a second language, Foreign words with no equivalent in English, Idioms, Language, Words | 9 Comments

Tracing words back through time

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Back in the mid 1990’s when I was studying at SOAS, one of the classes that I most enjoyed were those given by Professor Alexander Piatagorsky. He is said to have been the greatest Russian philospher of all time and … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Heritage, history, Life | Tagged English, Etymology, Foreign words with no equivalent in English, Language, Proto-Indo-European, Words | 6 Comments

Apricity – The Warmth of Winter Sun

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

It’s freezing cold outside this morning. At 8.30am the garden is still minus 10C or 10F, the garden is covered in frost and ice and a pale blue stretches across the horizon with a very weak and watery like pale … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Life | Tagged Apricity, Cosy, English, Foreign words with no equivalent in English, Frost, Language, Life, London, Sun, winter, Words | 4 Comments

102 great words that aren’t in English but should be!

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Stephen Liddell

I spent 4 years at a college in London University studying Africa and Asia. It was the most wonderful place due to the exposure of various languages and cultures and when I say various I mean hundreds. I remember one … Continue reading →