So are stinky and musty…

yeah i was gonna say

op complaining about the fundamental plasticity of interpreting language

Don't call me OP I have a name

Those words are dedicated to smell

Everything else is a synonym (aromatic, foul), a very loose metaphor (decadent, unctuous), a loan from another sense (sweet, spicy), or a name of a source (rose, lemon)

On the flip side @plants Jahai people of Malaysia have a word to describe the scent of gasoline, bat droppings, shrimp paste, millipedes, rotten meat, etc. etc. They have words for smells like we have for colours

Majority of "tribal" (few Asian) languages are like this

LMFAOOO

This is hilarious

Y'all say muishond fr?

The problem with English is it's the most common language for Monolinguals, so they cannot even fathom how complex other languages are

English is so basic but needlessly complicated it's crazy bro

implying there's a difference between the two

This is like saying "pass me that thing that looks like a lemon" and you mean a banana because it's yellow

I'm glad you edited this comment to show some humility and doubt at this outrageous sentiment

not at all

smell is entirely a phenomenological entity. A thing's smell is what the smeller experiences. There is no "independent smell"

This comment applies to all senses lmao yet English does a great job breaking down sight, touch and taste to incredulous degrees

We just missed smell - other languages have it like I said

Also no this is wrong: Isoamyl acetate is the smell of a banana and pear

yes it does apply to all senses

ur point abt english being weird abt smell is entirely valid btw. especially strange considering how closely tied smell is to memory

no, it's just a chemical.

until it's sniffed, it isn't a smell

I mean you're not wrong but I don't see what this has to do with English having nominal smell words but other languages having rich lexicons for all senses

Because the language sucks cock

de ahora en adelante vamos a hablar español

Enough of that. I'll get to Spanish on a later thread

aren't u British 😂

oh its basically irrelevant

the phenomenology stuff is completely a tangent lol

Where's that damn crying Lisa smiley