Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Backpfeifengesicht

Maybe we all think it, maybe as recently as last week, when you were gathered around th Thanksgiving table, but it takes the Germans to come up with a word for it.  




Of course the Soviets, Russians have a word for that.

This is a concept for which every language should have term.  I have heard it described as the "Sevareid Principle," named after newsman Eric Sevareid who wrote, "The chief cause of problems is solutions."





For other words that need an English equivalent: click here.


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