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What happens if you have no word for 'dinosaur'?

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19 January 2020, 11:07 AM
wtg
What happens if you have no word for 'dinosaur'?
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English is the world’s dominant scientific language, yet it has no word for the distinctive smell of cockroaches.

What happens though, if you have no words for basic scientific terms?


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19 January 2020, 12:22 PM
Mikhailoh
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Originally posted by wtg:
English is the world’s dominant scientific language, yet it has no word for the distinctive smell of cockroaches.



Sure it does...'ewww'.

(Actually I never got close enough to one to smell it.)


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19 January 2020, 12:45 PM
Nina
In this specific case, I would say, "do you smell that whatchamacallit"?

In other cases, I might say, "do you see that whatchamacallit"? or "do you hear that whatchamacallit"?

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19 January 2020, 01:14 PM
Steve Miller
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Originally posted by Mikhailoh:
quote:
Originally posted by wtg:
English is the world’s dominant scientific language, yet it has no word for the distinctive smell of cockroaches.



Sure it does...'ewww'.

(Actually I never got close enough to one to smell it.)


It’s not about smelling one, it’s more about walking in to a place and smelling thousands of them that have been there a while. Eeker


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19 January 2020, 01:55 PM
Mikhailoh
Not done that either.

But it does kind of remind me of Gwyneth Paltrow’s candle.


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