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I Never Knew There Was a Word for it by Adam Jacot de Boinod
40.00 NZD
Category: Language
From 'shotclog' a Yorkshire term for a companion only tolerated because he is paying for the drinks to Albanian having 29 words to describe different kinds of eyebrows, the languages of the world are full of amazing, amusing and illuminating words and expressions that will improve absolutely everybody's ...Show more
The Meaning of Tingo... & Other Extraordinary Words From Around the World by Adam Jacot de Boinod
11.99 NZD
35.00 (65% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
Did you know that people in Indonesia have a word that means to take off your clothes in order to dance? Or how many words the Albanians have for eyebrows and moustaches? Or the Dutch word for skimming stones is plimpplamppletteren? Drawing on the collective wisdom of over 154 languages, this intriguing ...Show more
The Meaning of Tingo and other estraordinary words from around the world by Adam Jacot de Boinod
27.00 NZD
Category: Humour
Did you know that people in Indonesia have a word that means 'to take off your clothes in order to dance'? Or how many words the Albanians have for eyebrows and moustaches? Or that the Dutch word for skimming stones is plimpplamppletteren? Drawing on the collective wisdom of over 154 languages, th ...Show more
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