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Book Reviews of Other-Wordly: words both strange and lovely from around the world

Other-Wordly: words both strange and lovely from around the world
OtherWordly words both strange and lovely from around the world
Author: Yee-Lum Mak
ISBN-13: 9781452125343
ISBN-10: 1452125341
Publication Date: 10/11/2016
Pages: 64
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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cathyskye avatar reviewed Other-Wordly: words both strange and lovely from around the world on + 2267 more book reviews
If you love words as much as I do, you're really going to enjoy Other-Wordly. It is filled with words from not only English but other languages and cultures to expand your vocabulary and to make you realize that, yes, there is a word for that. Like "komorebi", the Japanese word for the sunlight that filters through the leaves of the trees, or "tartle", a Scots word that means to hesitate while introducing or meeting someone because you've forgotten their name.

Now that I think of it, this is the type of beautifully illustrated little book that would make the perfect gift for other language lovers. My only greedy little complaint? It's too short!