To me language is very important. And sometimes the language, the vocabulary just isn't enough. I have two examples.
Acquaintance vs. Friend
Like vs. Love
1. We all have people in our lives, who are more than an acquaintance, but less than a friend. What do we call them? Friends? No. Acquaintances? No. We need a word for that.
2. There are things I really, strongly like; I like them so much that they necessitate a word, which is more than 'like', but that isn't 'love'. To this there are more levels than one. There are things I like much more or much less than others. There are degrees of 'like'. I believe eight words in the interim of 'like' and 'love' should suffice.
I've been trying to come up with words for the aforementioned matters for years, with no avail. I am humbly asking my reader for help.
With love on Western Christmas Eve,
Anoush
how about "loke" ? :)
ReplyDeleteor just like the teenagers -- put "like/love sooo(o)xN much" and the number of "o"s being directly proportionate to the eight degrees of "liking" until it becomes love:)
Ha ha ha... I like that idea :) Or in this case - I loooke it :))
ReplyDeleteAncient Greeks were wiser and had four words for love: Agape, eros, philia, storge.
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_words_for_love