Love. Skin. Lies. Bees. Life.

July 23, 2009 in Books, Quotes & Quotables by somethingboutrenes | 2 comments

secretlifeofbees

‘Did you know there are thirty-two names for love in one of the Eskimo languages?’ August said. ‘And we just have this one. We are so limited, you have to use the same word for loving Rosaleen as you do for loving a Coke with peanuts. Isn’t that a shame we don’t have more ways to say it?’

- Extracted from The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd

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  1. amandina’s avatar

    amandina on July 23, 2009 at 10:40 pm

    the exact phrase i heard before in EL1101E was ‘did you know there are 32 words for snow in one of the eskimo languages’? It was meant to demonstrate the context in which linguistics evolve..

    i hence conclude that the Eskimo language is extremely versatile.. 32 words for every freaking word under the … sun (maybe except the word ‘sun).. hmm..