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One interesting tidbit, linguistically speaking, is that very few words exist for smells while multitudes abound for other senses. The only one I can think of i
by jihadjihad 8y ago
One interesting tidbit, linguistically speaking, is that very few words exist for smells while multitudes abound for other senses. The only one I can think of in English is "petrichor," the smell of the ground after a rain. A good companion piece to this one may be: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/11/the-vocabulary-of-smell/414618/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/11/the-voca...