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Why Germans Can Say Things No One Else Can
- Published_at:2017-02-01
- Category:Education
- Channel:The School of Life
- tags: the school of life school life education relationships mood alain de botton sermon philosophy lecture wisdom London talk secular self improvement curriculum big questions love wellness German rapport PC saying outlandish things Angela Merkel Trump Alain de bottom PL-Self
- description: German is a wonderfully inventive and bold language, full of gloriously long compound words for emotions and ideas that most languages struggle to allow us to express. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/wlIcjV Join our mailing list: http://bit.ly/2e0TQNJ Or visit us in person at our London HQ https://goo.gl/RBY7Y5 FURTHER READING “We’re hugely dependent on language to help us express what we really think and feel. But some languages are better than others at crisply naming important sensations. Germans have been geniuses at inventing long – or what get called ‘compound’ – words that elegantly put a finger on emotions that we all know, but that other languages require whole clumsy sentences or paragraphs to express…” You can read more on this and other topics on our blog TheBookofLife.org at this link: https://goo.gl/DKT90f MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Our website has classes, articles and products to help you think and grow: https://goo.gl/OqYUv1 Watch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLself Do you speak a different language to English? Did you know you can submit Subtitles on all of our videos on YouTube? For instructions how to do this click here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623 SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ CREDITS Produced in collaboration with: Martin Stacey http://www.martinstacey.co.uk/
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