Top-ten untranslateables

Posted by Cory Doctorow, June 28, 2004 2:42 AM |
Here's a great census of the ten most untranslateable foreign and English words:
1 plenipotentiary
2 gobbledegook
3 serendipity
4 poppycock
5 googly
6 Spam
7 whimsy
8 bumf
9 chuffed
10 kitsch
Link (Thanks, Gerry!)
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