thread: 2006-04-10 : I roleplay like a little sexually-irrelevent nerd
On 2006-04-10, Avram wrote:
Vincent, I think maybe the word you don't know but would be happy if you did is mensch.
This makes SF go "Menschliness"
My family and I used to say "menschlichkeit," but (a) most English-speakers wouldn't understand and (b) most German / Dutch / Yiddish speakers wouldn't either because it's not very good German.
This makes XP go "Menschlichkeit"
That one means "humanity" in the "humane" way, i.e., being caring, warm, honest, etc.
This makes AG go "It's probably too much..."
...to expect people without Germanic ancestry to be able to pronounce "menschlichkeit".
