Yesterday, I was sitting in the law school student center selling tickets for a trip to Six Flags New England that will take place next weekend. A graduate student from Asia came by and asked me what Six Flags was. I told him that it was an amusement park, but with his limited command of English, he didn't seem to understand. I then described it as a theme park and a carnival, but he still didn't comprehend. His friend from India tried the words joyland or playland, but neither seemed to clicked. Finally, I thought of a word that means the same thing in every language and perfectly describes what I wanted to convey.
"It's like Disneyland," I said. He understood completely and signed right up.
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