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My mother doesn’t understand love. At least not the word. At least not in English. A few years ago, she came to visit from Texas. We were indulging in my favorite pastime, sipping tea and chatting while bad reality TV played in the background, and the conversation turned to language. I’d been fas

Untranslatable Feb 10 Written By Kristin Wong My mother doesn’t understand love. At least not the word. At least not in English. A few years ago, she came to visit from Texas. We were indulging in my favorite pastime, sipping tea and chatting while bad reality TV played in the background, and the conversation turned to language. I’d been fascinated by the concept of untranslatable words. Like the Danish word “hygge,” I told her. In English, it means something like “coziness.” But in Danish, it’s a whole aesthetic that can take a thousand English words to explain. It’s the soft blanket covering

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