Sisu (Finnish)

[syrainator]

Originally posted by betterthaneng at Sisu (Finnish)

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Sisu is a Finnish term loosely translated into English as strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity. However, the word is widely considered to lack a proper

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[goblie]

Interesting.

I love different languages and you're right - some words are not all that easy to translate into other languages.

I wish I knew every single language (yes, that's right! All of them!) fluently enough to get all the nuances of every word... unfortunately as I'm not even that great at my native language, I don't think that's going to happen with two, let alone every language.

Anyway - *ends random pondering* This is interesting. And a cool word. And I hope to adopt a sisu-like attitude to some of the things I do. :)

[syrainator]

Haha, sisu-like attitude. Love the sound of that