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The charm of untranslatable words

The charm of untranslatable words

Imagine that you are meeting someone at home, and while you are waiting, something prompts you to go in and out to see if that person is coming. Only if you speak an Inuit language will you have a word – iktsuarpok – to express that feeling between anticipation and impatience. The writer and illustrator Ella Frances Sanders collects this […] … learn more→