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Learning new words, learning new languages opens up different understandings of the world and yourself Reminded of describing “rain” in Irish Gaelic. Rain can be described as "báisteach" or "fearthainn", drizzle or misty rain is "ceobhrán" and "brádán" or "Tá sé ag draonán báistí" The expression "tá sé ag dríodarnach báistí", is a type of light rain. "Ceathanna", "múrtha" or "scrabhanna báistí" is showers of rain while "aimsir cheathach" or "aimsir spairniúil" describes showery weather. The word "craobhmhúr" is useful in describing scattered rain or a light shower. "Breacbháisteach" is occasional rain. And rain with blowing sideways can be described by "seadbháisteach" or “seadbhraonta"

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Reminds me of the premise of Arrival Another great video by Like Stories of Old https://youtu.be/2ZpPMuvoaok?si=qE0sln-9fSou6MXV

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“We cannot evolve faster than we evolve our language because you cannot go to places that you cannot describe.” — Terence McKenna

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I don’t know if English is your mother tongue, but when arriving from much broader languages it feels like being squeezed into tiny container. Your example with rain is interesting for me, because I was born in Estonia and we too have many words for rain (it being our most common type of a weather).

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rain in Arabic ( مطر ) "matar"

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portrait of the artist as a young man joyce happening

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It’s almost as if they have a lot of experience with rain over there 🌫️🍀

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And also “ Βροχή “ in modern greek or “ ὄμβρος “ in ancient greek

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I speak 4 languages and it’s like I have 4 different personalities (ways of thinking) in me. It makes me so open to the world.

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This is really interesting July. Reminds me of that fact that the indigenous people have dozens even hundreds of ways to describe things like snow (Inuit) and also rain (Hawaiian). Reflects their connection with the elements and how they needed to formulate nuance in their description to properly convey information about their most vital resource and in some cases its potential danger.

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Fascinating! I've always loved linguistics and learning new languages. Although I often only learn a few words in many different ones. Only French is one I can converse in (and German I used to be able to converse in). How many languages do you speak?

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