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Old 04-14-2021, 12:56 PM   #1
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There's a name for books piling up unread - tsundoku
Read this article today about Japan having a term for those of us who may buy more books than we ever read called tsundoku. While obviously originally for paper books, no different for ebooks or audiobooks. So how could you title yourself? A tsunokuist?

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Old 04-14-2021, 01:23 PM   #2
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Read this article today about Japan having a term for those of us who may buy more books than we ever read called tsundoku. While obviously originally for paper books, no different for ebooks or audiobooks. So how could you title yourself? A tsunokuist?
Is there the opposite term for someone who very rarely has an unread book around? My issue has always been trying to get my TBR above single digits. All too often, it's sitting at zero.
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Old 04-14-2021, 01:29 PM   #3
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Old 04-14-2021, 05:06 PM   #4
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If it's a book I regret buying it's goes out the window.
And in the case of eBooks they go out the eWindow.
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Old 04-14-2021, 05:19 PM   #5
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I do have tendency to buy some games... Actually way too many games, but hey they are cheap...

Should really collect and organize my book backlog and see if I could find something interesting too.
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I would love to see a list of words in non-English languages that describe things where we don't have a word for it. German I thought was a big one for this.
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If it's a book I regret buying it's goes out the window.
I seriously hope if an eBook is a dud you don't throw your ereader out the window.
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Old 04-15-2021, 03:23 AM   #8
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If it's a book I regret buying it's goes out the window.
In keeping with the OP, there's a word for that too: defenestration.
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In keeping with the OP, there's a word for that too: defenestration.
I did think of that, but only possible with my laptop, my main PC is too heavy
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I would love to see a list of words in non-English languages that describe things where we don't have a word for it. German I thought was a big one for this.
you can always open a thread about that, since there are members from several countries in mobileread i'm sure you will get some answers
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I would love to see a list of words in non-English languages that describe things where we don't have a word for it. German I thought was a big one for this.
Well there's:

Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World

by Ella Frances Sanders

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J6YBYGU
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Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J6YBYGU
These lists, whether books or web articles always make me smile at the contradiction inherent in their titles. They say "untranslatable", then promptly proceed to translate them. They should be more careful and say that there is no one-word exact equivalent. Of course, if they did that, they'd also have to concede that similar lists could be compiled FROM English into other languages, too.
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See post #4.
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