Meaning of Tingo And Other Extraordinary Words from Around the World

Name: Meaning of Tingo And Other Extraordinary Words from Around the World
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ISBN: 9780143038528

ISBN-10: 0143038524

ISBN-13: 9780143038528

Edition: N/A

Authors: Adam Jacot de Boinod

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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 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 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…

Book details

List price: $12.00
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 2/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English