Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition Add more emotional words to the English Language

Our emotional vocabularies are very simple and limited to what we can express compared to other languages, it would help children, adolescents, adults, etc, to be able to express how they feel in a larger and better manner, and help boost the mental health and awareness.

More details

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170126-the-untranslatable-emotions-you-never-knew-you-had

https://boingboing.net/2016/04/14/216-untranslatable-emotion.html

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for adding words to the English language.

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