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That's not on my keyboard... Can I just stick with "ineffable"?

• holdupagain 2mo ago
  Not exactly, it doesn't look like the definition or even connotations of "ineffable" include "unknown".
  • speerer 2mo ago
    It does in the sense that ineffable things are unable to be described in language (conceptually: unknown to language).
  • thaumasiotes 2mo ago
    Anything that is known can be described in language by giving it a name.
    • gweinberg 2mo ago
      Hey, that's today's smbc https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/r https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/r The problem is, there's no good reason to think the concept of 彊 in your mind is at all similar to the concept of 彊 in my brain. After all, we (probably) don't pronounce it the same, right?
      • thaumasiotes 2mo ago
        So learn what the word means. How did you learn what "concept" meant?
    • throw0101a 2mo ago
      > Anything that is known can be described in language by giving it a name. And yet we have the phrase "It has a a certain je ne sais quoi." * https://lingoculture.com/blog/culture/je-ne-sais-quoi/ https://lingoculture.com/blog/culture/je-ne-sais-quoi/ You can recognize/know that something is special, but cannot quite put your finger on why.
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      • efdee 2mo ago
        And "je ne sais quoi" perfectly describes that. Quod erat demonstrandum