21Dec2008
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On “awkward”
Dave says there’s no good way to translate the word “awkward” into Spanish. This is interesting.
How would you describe awkwardness in English? I think it is something like ungainliness + self-consciousness, but this doesn’t quite hit it. I wonder if other languages have equivalent words.
Hah, I’ve had this dilemma many a-times. Technically, ‘awkward’ does translate into Spanish. You could either say ‘torpe’ or ‘incómodo’.
But, honestly, none of those words really capture the gloriousness of ‘awkward’.
