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Re: They Have a Word for It!

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Friday, August 3, 2001, 18:12
J Matthew Pearson wrote:


> My favourite 'untranslatable' Swedish word is _fika_, a verb, meaning roughly > "to chat with friends over a cup of coffee" (right, Daniel?). When I was an > exchange student in Sweden, we used _fika_ all the time, even when we were > speaking English ("You wanna go _fika_?"). Such a useful word.
Wudda deprived Westerner. All New Yorkers know that the English for _fika_ is "shmooze". -- There is / one art || John Cowan <jcowan@...> no more / no less || http://www.reutershealth.com to do / all things || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan with art- / lessness \\ -- Piet Hein

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