Words that don't exist in English:

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Alot
Eachother
Ect
Inbetween
Infront
Non
Thankyou
Que
Wether

Please feel free to add your own.

Недоперепил - Russian word meaning not over drunk. Drunk more than you should have but less that you could have I think iirc is the literal translation. Not equivalent exists in English

Oh wait this thread is mock people who may just have had an autocorrect fail.

My phone will not separate alot unless I force it to.

@forinborin

My favourite word that does not exist in English is German "Kummerspeck" - additional weight gained through emotional eating. Literally, "sadness lard".

I don't know if it's true but I read somewhere (probably mumsnet) about 'coronaspeck' as in lockdown lard.

Why does English have so many spelling for the same words, cue & queue.

It’s because they came in to the language at different times from different source languages. Sometimes the same root word will enter again and again, with different spellings and/or meanings. Skirt and shirt is a classic example, both deriving from a word for a short tunic-type garment.

It's funny how few words English has for family members.

My first language is Scottish Gaelic and we have MANY words for cousin/2nd cousin/the woman next door etc.

@MacMahon

Why does English have so many spelling for the same words, cue & queue.

It’s because they came in to the language at different times from different source languages. Sometimes the same root word will enter again and again, with different spellings and/or meanings. Skirt and shirt is a classic example, both deriving from a word for a short tunic-type garment.

Thanks for that explanation. Maybe English needs tidying up. It's hard enough for native speakers but must be so hard for learners.

One word Gaelic has that English lacks is a word for the dry spell between showers

Restbite!

@MacMahon

I thought hireath was more a longing for something that never was. Like a rose-tinted or wishful pining.

What always sticks in my mind for “rose-tinted” problems is Paris syndrome, which originally referred to Japanese tourists, but now refers to anyone who goes to Paris and is disappointed when the city doesn’t live up to what they expected.

It was actually a Japanese term as they were the hardest hit because they would work incredibly hard, save up all their minimal vacation time, then use it to go to Paris, only to find out that it was dirtier and more crowded than large Japanese cities, not like the pictures or movies, and some actually needed counseling over it. More than a bit sad, really.

(Sorry, off topic.)

Oh, yes, and “could of” gives me the rage as well. I know I should just stop being a pedant.

@Yourstupidityexhaustsme

Hospickle.

Makes me want to thump people.

@Yourstupidityexhaustsme Lickle and hospickle are local dialect. We don't all speak BBC English!

@PinkSkiesAtNight

Agujetas: muscular pain that comes specifically from exercise. As in 'Tengo (I have) agujetas' From Spanish

It's got a name, admittedly an acronym, but it's well on the way to become a word. DOMS.

@AliceinBorderland

Недоперепил - Russian word meaning not over drunk. Drunk more than you should have but less that you could have I think iirc is the literal translation. Not equivalent exists in English

Oh wait this thread is mock people who may just have had an autocorrect fail.

My phone will not separate alot unless I force it to.

I would not understand it exactly like that (it is one of my native languages), more like - the ideal desired state was "completely inebriated" but the achieved state was just "normal drunk". With a "not great, not terrible" undertone to it.

In British English surgeries does not mean operations!

I can't believe I'm nearly 40 and have only just learned that inbetween isn't a word. So thank you for starting this thread for that reason alone.

I was 25 when I was told that 'tret' as in the past tense of treat was part of our local dialect and not actually standard English, so this has completely surpassed that!

TIL I am Japanese.

I fucking hated Paris.

forinborin

Thanks for that I couldn't remember. Has been a long while since I was learning Russian. It is a great word though!

schadenfreude

Actually, there is an English word for this. It's 'epicaricacy'.

A friend is a chauffeur who I follow on Facebook. On his posts he always puts "on route" rather than "en route"!

@AliceinBorderland

forinborin

Thanks for that I couldn't remember. Has been a long while since I was learning Russian. It is a great word though!

Tbf it is not something commonly used at all, more probably of a linguistic curioisity. I mean, it makes sense, but it would probably puzzle a lot of native speakers.

@backtolifebacktoreality

A friend is a chauffeur who I follow on Facebook. On his posts he always puts "on route" rather than "en route"!

Yes. Because he's English.

You problem with this is...?

Ah. Russian teacher told us that on a night out / a social. It was probably just meant as a joke.

Interesting to know that @forinborin thank you 😊

So just a post to criticise peoples spelling then, maybe some have dyslexia etc as well and if you know what they mean why does it actually matter.

@PinkSkiesAtNight

Agujetas: muscular pain that comes specifically from exercise. As in 'Tengo (I have) agujetas' From Spanish

Not sure if it's in the Oxford English dictionary but I'd use Doms for this. From an online dictionary...

delayed onset muscle soreness: a condition where muscles feel tender and sore a day or two after exercise

Any exercise to which you’re unaccustomed can result in a bout of Doms.

I'm very confused to see the word 'non' listed as it is the most basic of British words. dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/non

"Draguer" in French doesn't exist in English; it's a bit like, to be on the pull, but it really doesn't have a direct translation in English.

@mayblossominapril

Wether is a castrated ram.

This. It’s also a castrated goat.

I want the word "like" only to be used when used in the sense of resembling something, or having a measure of affection for something.
Any other use of the word should be punished severely