Without language to express a feeling, can we feel it?
Jul 04, 2016
If you don't have a word for a feeling, are you less aware of feeling it?
Probably, says Tim Lomas, Lecturer in Applied Positive Psychology , University of East London. He has started collecting words from other languages that don't exist in English. You can go here, check them out and add some of yours.
Perhaps it's time for us to come up with a word for the current political situation! Read the whole article here
Below a few words from other languages that we liked:
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