Comments on: You do have a word for Schadenfreude. http://crueltobekind.org/you-do-have-a-word-for-schadenfreude-319 Tue, 15 May 2012 09:24:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anthony http://crueltobekind.org/you-do-have-a-word-for-schadenfreude-319#comment-406 Anthony Thu, 29 May 2008 12:50:00 +0000 http://crueltobekind.org/you-do-have-a-word-for-schadenfreude-319#comment-406 Epicaricacy is only by the loosest definition an English word, since it's constructed from ancient Greek. If we can borrow from Greeks, why not from Germans? Since Schadenfreude is in much more common usage, I would suggest that we do have a word for Schadenfreude, and it is Schadenfreude. Epicaricacy is only by the loosest definition an English word, since it’s constructed from ancient Greek. If we can borrow from Greeks, why not from Germans?

Since Schadenfreude is in much more common usage, I would suggest that we do have a word for Schadenfreude, and it is Schadenfreude.

]]> By: Nicole http://crueltobekind.org/you-do-have-a-word-for-schadenfreude-319#comment-405 Nicole Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:53:00 +0000 http://crueltobekind.org/you-do-have-a-word-for-schadenfreude-319#comment-405 And I though Epicaricacy would be hard to pronounce! :) And I though Epicaricacy would be hard to pronounce! :)

]]> By: Dean Whitbread http://crueltobekind.org/you-do-have-a-word-for-schadenfreude-319#comment-404 Dean Whitbread Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:30:00 +0000 http://crueltobekind.org/you-do-have-a-word-for-schadenfreude-319#comment-404 "Schadenfreude" sounds much better though - and since we English donate so many words to the world, it's good to admit that other languages sometimes have the edge. I also like the Swedish word for loneliness - ensamhetskänsla - now that's so much more powerful... “Schadenfreude” sounds much better though – and since we English donate so many words to the world, it’s good to admit that other languages sometimes have the edge. I also like the Swedish word for loneliness – ensamhetskänsla – now that’s so much more powerful…

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