deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?message-squaremessage-square158linkfedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square158linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareVinegarChunks@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 hours agoI would never call hot weather “dreary”
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoMaybe not, but dark, grey, overcast weather might well be dreary. But it wouldn’t be dreich.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoAh, so there has to be active precipitation.
I would never call hot weather “dreary”
Maybe not, but dark, grey, overcast weather might well be dreary. But it wouldn’t be dreich.
Ah, so there has to be active precipitation.