Description: Amazon ReviewWhat began as a fortuitous discovery, when BBC researcher Adam Jacot de Boinod noticed that an Albanian dictionary contained 27 different words each for eyebrows and mustache, has become, after his obsessive 18-month journey through hundreds of foreign dictionaries, a very funny and genuinely informative guide to the world's strangest--and most useful--words. There are many books out there that invent, Sniglets-style, the words that the English language doesn't have but needs. What The Meaning of Tingo shows is that, like natural cures waiting to be found in the plants of the rainforest, many of the words already exist, in the languages of the world's other cultures. Who couldn't find a use for "neko-neko," an Indonesian word for "one who has a creative idea which only makes things worse," or "skeinkjari," a term from the Faroe Islands for "the man who…condition info: Light water damage or stain. Has a sturdy binding with some shelf wear. May have light markings on pages.
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EAN: 9781594200861
Book Title: N/A
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Meaning of Tingo : and Other Extraordinary Words from Around the World
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2006
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Vocabulary, General, Curiosities & Wonders, Word Lists
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Item Weight: 10.4 Oz
Item Length: 7.3 in
Subject Area: Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines, Humor
Author: Adam Jacot De Boinod
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Hardcover
