Jacot de Boinod Adam: Toujours Tingo: Extraordinary Words to Change the Way We See the World
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Did you know, that in Germany a young man with suspiciously good manners is called Tantenverf rhrer (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 — excited by eating garlic) or knedlikovy (Czech —…