“Part dictionary, part philosophical treatise”: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig - Global Comment

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“Part dictionary, part philosophical treatise”: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig - Global Comment

The English language has an estimated one million words, though many are gifts from other languages. The Eton Institute suggests that the average English speaker has a vocabulary somewhere between 20,000 and 35,000 words — and despite that, we still struggle to put feelings into words. Certain emotions transcend definition. Even those we do have […] The post “Part dictionary, part philosophical treatise”: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by Joh…