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    Default Re: English words that conflict with your language.

    Quote Originally Posted by Kadagar_AV View Post
    sound yes, but not sight... Guess it is because sounds and smells can be pleasing or not, while sights rarely actually affect you much physicly.

    *except for women*
    You're wrong, "that's a sight" can be negative or positive, just like a smell or sound; it needs to be qualified in exactly the same way, "That's a horrible sight" or "that's a fine sight".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
    You're wrong, "that's a sight" can be negative or positive, just like a smell or sound; it needs to be qualified in exactly the same way, "That's a horrible sight" or "that's a fine sight".

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    I think I didn't explain well enough. Yes, a sight can of course also be "good" or "bad".

    However, sights dont have the same physical impact as smells and noises.

    A sight you usually need to explain more vividly than a smell. If something smells bad, it's enough to say that it smells bad and people will get your point.

    Bad smell - physicly affects your nose...
    Bad noise - physicly affects your ears...

    But a sight? It isnt hurting the eyes. Thus you need to be more elaborate when you describe it...

    I guess that is the reason why we lack a word for "bad" sight, while we have it for smells and noise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kadagar_AV View Post
    I think I didn't explain well enough. Yes, a sight can of course also be "good" or "bad".

    However, sights dont have the same physical impact as smells and noises.

    A sight you usually need to explain more vividly than a smell. If something smells bad, it's enough to say that it smells bad and people will get your point.

    Bad smell - physicly affects your nose...
    Bad noise - physicly affects your ears...

    But a sight? It isnt hurting the eyes. Thus you need to be more elaborate when you describe it...

    I guess that is the reason why we lack a word for "bad" sight, while we have it for smells and noise.
    Ah, I see. Well we have "stink" and "stench" there, a "smell" is just a verbal noun.
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