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Not exactly, it doesn't look like the definition or even connotations of "ineffable" include "unknown".
by holdupagain 2mo ago
Not exactly, it doesn't look like the definition or even connotations of "ineffable" include "unknown".
- speerer 2mo agoIt does in the sense that ineffable things are unable to be described in language (conceptually: unknown to language).
- thaumasiotes 2mo agoAnything that is known can be described in language by giving it a name.
- gweinberg 2mo agoHey, 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 agoSo 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 agoAnd "je ne sais quoi" perfectly describes that. Quod erat demonstrandum