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>sometimes be seen in the blind community.

HAH! Love it. Side note: I constantly make fun of the English phrase "I see what you're saying", meaning "I understand", often swapping it out with "I hear what you're seeing", sometimes swapping it multiple times in one sentence. People almost never notice unless I follow it up with "I smell what you're feeling" or "taste what you're smelling", because this creeps them out.

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Funny anecdote : A software engineer teammate and I were discussing a change IRL in office standing next to my desk, when there was a churning sound from his stomach (the things we miss WFH). It was not too loud, but loud enough to derail my speech - Instead of saying "<my lengthy explanation..> <stomach_sound> Do you see that?" as a substitute for "Do you see what I am saying?", I accidentally said ".. Do you hear that?". SO awkward and funny

Interestingly in the Netherlands they do express things via taste words. Lekker (meaning tasty) can describe an experience, doing something well and more.

Heerlijk (meaning delicious) can also be used. I found a gravestone with the translation: “we thank you God for your great deliciousness”.

Not quite - "heerlijk" used to mean "lordly", so "heerlijk voedsel" means "food eaten by lords". This also explains the gravestone reference (de Heer == the Lord).

Thanks for clarification! Good to know. I often find it hard to learn and retain the multiple meanings / history of words in a second language. I do know de Heer, and Herengracht etc. I just hadn’t put that together that it’s same origin.

These words have shifted similarly but subtly differently in Norwegian too. Lekker = lekker, heerlijk = herlig.

That last example is wrong as translated.

In that context 'heerlijkheid' has nothing to do with taste words, it simply means 'glory'.

This is also common in other languages. Indonesians use enak (tasty) for almost any positive quality. Even in English people refer to attractive members of the opposite sex as "tasty"

But "heer" in Dutch is either a (human) lord or God, so "heerlijk" means lordly or godly, and over time this became more general.

Much the same word exists in German, "herrlich", but it means "beautiful" or "splendid". Same idea though.

I've mostly referred to members of the same sex as tasty, myself.

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