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Simcha Weinberg's avatar

Sprachgeful

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Kristin Wong's avatar

What a perfect meta untranslatable word. Adding it to my list. Thanks, Simcha!

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Elizabeth Bobrick's avatar

I lived in Brazil long ago, and saudade was one of the early additions to my vocabulary- and I was only 13. That’s how deeply the sentiment saturates the culture. Bossa nova is the most saudade-soaked music I know. Lovely writing, thank you!

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Kristin Wong's avatar

Thank you for sharing and reading!

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Chevanne Scordinsky's avatar

Current sad song in rotation:

“My Love Mine All Mine” by Mitski

I love melancholy songs. The 90s were full of them and there’s something about that ache that feels like home.

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Kristin Wong's avatar

This was so beautiful <3

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The Scholar's avatar

At first I read that as sausage, but was not disappointed by the new vocabulary I learned. Adding it to the dictionary!

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Kristin Wong's avatar

Bahahaha

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Diana van Eyk's avatar

Here's another, more current, one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an3AkQL62F8

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Diana van Eyk's avatar

Here's one of my favourite sad songs. I can't relate to the situation, but I can relate to the feeling of being stuck in a hopeless situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3RAEu0OTcE

Thanks for posting, Kristin. There is something so beautiful about sad songs and the feelings they evoke.

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Kristin Wong's avatar

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Thanks for sharing, Diana <3

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Diana van Eyk's avatar

My pleasure, Kristin. I listened to it again as I posted it -- a treat!

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