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I'm not sure where are you from initially but I think it's a flaw with english language itself. There are just too few words to describe relationships in englis
by kabacha 6y ago
I'm not sure where are you from initially but I think it's a flaw with english language itself. There are just too few words to describe relationships in english, everything is very binary, e.g. You either love someone or you don't where other languages are have many more words to describe your relationship with someone; see famous example of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_words_for_love https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_words_for_love
- StavrosK 6y agoI'm actually from Greece, and while we still use most of those words, we have about the same words as English does (friends, acquaintances, lovers, etc). We just rarely use "people you hang out with after work" as a category, if you went out on a work dinner, we say acquaintances, if you regularly hang out, they're friends.