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Toujours Tingo: More Extraordinary Words to Change the Way We See the World
Toujours Tingo More Extraordinary Words to Change the Way We See the World
Author: Adam Jacot de Boinod
Did you know, that in Germany a young man with suspiciously good manners is called Tantenverfurhrer (literally, aunt seducer), that in Namibia there is a word for walking on tiptoe through warm sand or that, in Welsh, gwarlingo is the rushing sound a grandfather clock makes before striking the hour. Whether you are physiggomai (Ancient Greek - e...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140515862
ISBN-10: 0140515860
Publication Date: 11/1/2007
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Book Type: Hardcover
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