The Meaning of Tingo - And other Extraordinary Words from around the World - Poche

Name: The Meaning of Tingo
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Author: Adam Jacot de Boinod
ISBN: 9780141021980

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Did you know that the Albanians have twenty-seven words for moustache? Or that in Hungary pigs go rôf-rôf-rôf? Or that tingo is an Easter Island word... Lire la suite

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Did you know that the Albanians have twenty-seven words for moustache? Or that in Hungary pigs go rôf-rôf-rôf? Or that tingo is an Easter Island word meaning to borrow things from a friend's house one by one until there s nothing left?

Date de parution

01/01/2006
Editeur

Penguin Books
ISBN

0-14-102198-5
EAN

9780141021980
Format

Poche
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Broché
Nb. de pages

209 pages
Poids

0.155 Kg
Dimensions

11,0 cm × 16,0 cm × 1,8 cm

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Biographie d'Adam Jacot de Boinod

Adam Jacot de Boinod's interest in foreign languages was first aroused when doing research for the BBC programme QI and subsequently developed into a full-on vokabulyu (Russian - passion for foreign words). While searching through 280 dictionaries, 140 websites and numerous books on language, he developed an undoubted samlermani (Danish - mania for collecting), became close to being fisselig (German - flustered to the point of incompetence) and narrowly avoided karoshi (Japanese - death from overwork).
He is now intending to nglayap (Indonesian - wander far from home with no particular purpose).