This is the English word I want to get tattooed on my wrist. It means “to keep breathing even though the water rises all around you.” English is such a mystical exotic language. They can fit so much meaning into so small a word.
*cracking up*
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#language #I know this is supposed to be a joke about Orientalism #but honestly I think the face-value text has got a point? #I am frequently filled with awe at the amount of meaning you can convey with a few squiggles or phonemes #that you *can* convey meaning with a few squiggles or phonemes #it’s easy to get accustomed to it with familiar words and not notice anymore #but really all words have something wondrous about them #even ‘scuba’ #(even interpretations of ‘scuba’ that are slightly non-standard but make perfect sense when explained) #(seems to me like a pretty reasonable metaphorical use of the term when I think about it) #tag rambles
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