Originally Posted by An Thropologist:
“Thank you for that. I enjoyed it very much. I think there is a fair bit of epicaricacy on here. (spell check doesn't recognise it I see - no surprise there though).
My favourite little used word is sybarite. I find the feel of it when I say it or indeed write it has the feel of its meaning. Its sort of onomatapoeiaic but not exactly.
Interesting question is are words products of our thoughts or are our thoughts limited or governed by our language?.”
“Thank you for that. I enjoyed it very much. I think there is a fair bit of epicaricacy on here. (spell check doesn't recognise it I see - no surprise there though).
My favourite little used word is sybarite. I find the feel of it when I say it or indeed write it has the feel of its meaning. Its sort of onomatapoeiaic but not exactly.
Interesting question is are words products of our thoughts or are our thoughts limited or governed by our language?.”
Epicaricacy was a new one to me, but it means exactly the same as schadenfreude, which is commonly used. Came across sybaritic when I was studying Greek and the antics of Dionysus in various plays.
Interesting last question. How did our ancient ancestors manage in the age of grunts and gestures when thoughts could not be governed by language. And this forum would suggest that words are not always the product of thought!




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