Maybe some of you linguists or anthropologists can help me out. I'm thinking that if words that represent positive ideals, attributes, etc. were easier to say than negative ones, we may be a happier people- a kind of extension of the "it takes fewer muscles to smile than it does to frown" type thing. "Smile" and "laugh" can stay. Words like "hate" and "fear" would be changed to "hopplefluffengraas" and "farkleschtuumpf". Any ideas?
p.s. All the negatives don't have to be German/Swedish hybrids.
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