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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-101594200866
ISBN-139781594200861
eBay Product ID (ePID)48417287
Product Key Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMeaning of Tingo : and Other Extraordinary Words from Around the World
Publication Year2006
SubjectVocabulary, General, Curiosities & Wonders, Word Lists
TypeNot Available
Subject AreaReference, Language Arts & Disciplines, Humor
AuthorAdam Jacot De Boinod
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight10.4 Oz
Item Length7.3 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2005-055520
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
IllustratedYes
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisA 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 preoccupations and expand our minds. Did you know that people in Bolivia have a word that means "I was rather too drunk last night and it's all their fault"? That there's no Italian equivalent for the word "blue"? That the Dutch word for skimming stones is "plimpplamppletteren"? This delightful book, which draws on the collective wisdom of more than 254 languages, includes not only those words for which there is no direct counterpart in English ("pana po'o" in Hawaiian means to scratch your head in order to remember something important), but also a frank discussion of exactly how many Eskimo words there are for snow and the longest known palindrome in any language ("saippuakivikauppias"--Finland). And all right, what in fact is "tingo"? In the Pascuense language of Easter Island, it's to take all the objects one desires from the house of a friend, one at a time, by asking to borrow them. Well, of "course" it is. Enhanced by its ingenious and irresistible little "Schott's Miscellany/Eats Shoots and Leaves" package and piquant black-and-white illustrations throughout, "The Meaning of Tingo" is a heady feast for word lovers of all persuasions. Viva Tingo!, 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 preoccupations and expand our minds. Did you know that people in Bolivia have a word that means "I was rather too drunk last night and it's all their fault"? That there's no Italian equivalent for the word "blue"? That the Dutch word for skimming stones is "plimpplamppletteren"? This delightful book, which draws on the collective wisdom of more than 254 languages, includes not only those words for which there is no direct counterpart in English ("pana po'o" in Hawaiian means to scratch your head in order to remember something important), but also a frank discussion of exactly how many Eskimo words there are for snow and the longest known palindrome in any language ("saippuakivikauppias"--Finland). And all right, what in fact is "tingo"? In the Pascuense language of Easter Island, it's to take all the objects one desires from the house of a friend, one at a time, by asking to borrow them. Well, of courseit is. Enhanced by its ingenious and irresistible little Schott's Miscellany/Eats Shoots and Leavespackage and piquant black-and-white illustrations throughout, The Meaning of Tingois a heady feast for word lovers of all persuasions. Viva Tingo!, A garden of delights for the word obsessed, this book is 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 so much about other cultures' priorities and preoccupations.
LC Classification NumberP326.J33 2006
