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- Objectstaat
- ISBN
- 9780143038528
- Subject Area
- Foreign Language Study, Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines
- Publication Name
- Meaning of Tingo : and Other Extraordinary Words from Around the World
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 7.1 in
- Subject
- Miscellaneous, Référence, Word Lists, Linguistics / General
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Type
- Language Course
- Format
- Uk-B Format Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 5.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143038524
ISBN-13
9780143038528
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57168397
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Meaning of Tingo : and Other Extraordinary Words from Around the World
Subject
Miscellaneous, Référence, Word Lists, Linguistics / General
Publication Year
2007
Type
Language Course
Subject Area
Foreign Language Study, Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
5.5 Oz
Item Length
7.1 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
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Trade
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At last we know those Eskimo words for snow and how the Dutch render the sound of Rice Krispies. Adam Jacot de Boinod has produced an absolutely delicious little book. (Stephen Fry, author of Ode Less Traveled), At last we know those Eskimo words for snow and how the Dutch render the sound of Rice Krispies. Adam Jacot de Boinod has produced an absolutely delicious little book. (Stephen Fry, author of "Ode Less Traveled"), At last we know those Eskimo words for snow and how the Dutch render the sound of Rice Krispies. Adam Jacot de Boinod has produced an absolutely delicious little book. (Stephen Fry, author of Ode Less Traveled )
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Twelfth Grade
Illustrated
Yes
Grade To
UP
Synopsis
A divine gift for the word-obsessed—a deliciously eccentric world tour of words that have no English equivalentThe countless language freaks who’ve worn out their copies of Eats, Shoots and Leaveswill find inexhaustible distraction in The Meaning of Tingo. Where else will they discover that Bolivians have a word that means I was rather too drunk last night and it’s all their fault”? As for tingo, on Easter Island it means to take all the objects one desires from the house of a friend, one at a time, by borrowing them.” Organized by themes such as food, the human body, and sex and love, this irresistible book combs through more than 254 languages in search of those gorgeous oddities that have no direct English counterpart—words so strange and apt that if they didn’t exist, they would have to be invented. Highlights from The Meaning of Tingo: • mencomet(Indonesian): stealing things of small value such as food or drinks, partly for fun • scheissbedauern(German): the disappointment one feels when something turns out not nearly as badly as one had hoped • mono-no-aware(Japanese): appreciating the sadness of existence • mahj(Persian): looking beautiful after disease • plimpplamppletteren(Dutch): the skimming of a flat stone as many times as possible across the surface of the water • koshatnik(Russian): a dealer in stolen cats • ava(Tahitian): wife (but also means whisky), A garden of delights for the word obsessed, this book is a clever world tour of the best of all those strange words that don't have a precise English equivalent but tell so much about other cultures' priorities and preoccupations., A divine gift for the word-obsesseda deliciously eccentric world tour of words that have no English equivalent The countless language freaks whove worn out their copies of "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" will find inexhaustible distraction in "The Meaning of Tingo," Where else will they discover that Bolivians have a word that means I was rather too drunk last night and its all their fault? As for "tingo," on Easter Island it means to take all the objects one desires from the house of a friend, one at a time, by borrowing them. Organized by themes such as food, the human body, and sex and love, this irresistible book combs through more than 254 languages in search of those gorgeous oddities that have no direct English counterpartwords so strange and apt that if they didnt exist, they would have to be invented. Highlights from "The Meaning of Tingo": mencomet (Indonesian): stealing things of small value such as food or drinks, partly for fun scheissbedauern (German): the disappointment one feels when something turns out not nearly as badly as one had hoped mono-no-aware (Japanese): appreciating the sadness of existence mahj (Persian): looking beautiful after disease plimpplamppletteren (Dutch): the skimming of a flat stone as many times as possible across the surface of the water koshatnik (Russian): a dealer in stolen cats ava (Tahitian): wife (but also means whisky)
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