The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World by Adam Jacot de Boinod

The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World

Adam Jacot de Boinod

209 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction reference funny informative slow-paced
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A garden of delights for the word obsessed: a funny, amazing, and even profound world tour of the best of all those strange words that don't have a precise English equivalent, the ones that tell us so much about other cultures' priorities and preo...

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