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> different languages have different specialties in representing some concepts We make up new words and new grammar all the time. At some point we needed to en
by newsbinator 6y ago
> different languages have different specialties in representing some concepts
We make up new words and new grammar all the time. At some point we needed to encapsulate what a "boomer" is, and we didn't need to turn to another language that specializes in boomers.
When there's enough utility in encapsulating a multi-faceted concept into a single word or phrase, we get there.
If we needed to describe 50 different types of snow on a regular basis, we would.
It isn't as though there's any barrier in one language for coming up with new concepts compared to any other.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_words_for_snow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_words_for_snow
- srtjstjsj 6y agoWe also would need to invent new grammar as needed.