The Wonder Of Whiffling
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The Wonder Of Whiffling
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Author : Adam Jacot de Boinod
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2009-09-24
The Wonder Of Whiffling written by Adam Jacot de Boinod and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-24 with Humor categories.
The Wonder of Whiffling is a hugely enjoyable, surprising and rewarding tour of English around the globe (with fine coinages from our English-speaking cousins across the pond, Down Under and elsewhere).Discover all sorts of words you've always wished existed but never knew, such as fornale, to spend one's money before it has been earned; cagg, a solemn vow or resolution not to get drunk for a certain time; and petrichor, the pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell. Delving passionately into the English language, Adam Jacot de Boinod also discovers why it is you wouldn't want to have dinner with a vice admiral of the narrow seas, why Jacobites toasted the little gentleman in black velvet, and why a Nottingham Goodnight is better than one from anywhere else.
I Never Knew There Was A Word For It
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Author : Adam Jacot de Boinod
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2010-08-05
I Never Knew There Was A Word For It written by Adam Jacot de Boinod and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-05 with Humor categories.
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 quality of life. All they need is this book! This bumper volume gathers all three of Adam Jacot de Boinod's acclaimed books about language - The Wonder of Whiffling, The Meaning of Tingo and Toujours Tingo (their fans include everyone from Stephen Fry to Michael Palin) - into one highly entertaining, keenly priced compendium. As Mariella Frostup said 'You'll never be lost for words again!'
The Meaning Of Tingo
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Author : Adam Jacot de Boinod
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2006-10-05
The Meaning Of Tingo written by Adam Jacot de Boinod and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-05 with Humor categories.
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, this intriguing book is arranged by theme so you can compare attitudes all over the world to such subjects as food, the human body and the battle of the sexes. Here you can find not only those words for which there is no direct counterpart in English (such as the Japanese age-otori which means looking less attractive after a haircut), but also a frank discussion of exactly how many 'Eskimo' terms there are for snow, and a vast array of information exploring the wonderful and often downright strange world of words. Oh, and tingo means 'to take all the objects one desires from the house of a friend, one at a time, by asking to borrow them'.
The Wonder Tails
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Author : Nikki Bradford-La Booy
language : en
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2017-08-29
The Wonder Tails written by Nikki Bradford-La Booy and has been published by Troubador Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-29 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
The Wonder Tails is a collection of 10 short funny illustrated stories for 6-8 year olds, about how certain iconic and beloved British wild animals came to be as they are. The main characters are all rebels, outsiders or underdogs - like vegetarian Basil Fox, Lavinia the antisocial Starling, or Brocker the chunky Badger who longs to dance like a Strictly star. But each tale celebrates cheerful and positive diversity, offers comforting life lessons, affirms its fine to want different things from your friends, and suggests that the best way to be happy is to just - go be yourself! Meet: The Bird Who Rode the Comet's Tail Bog Brush Billy The Resolute Robin The Dancing Badger of Beacon Hill A Vegetarian in the Henhouse The Very Hopeful Caterpillar The Day of the Dormouse Bella the Barn Owl & the Lido of Lu-urrve Nutters Gift The Squirrel & the Star child Set in iconic locations around Britain like Hadrian's Wall, Sherwood Forest and Brighton Pier, The Tails have eccentric, endearing characters for children to fall in love with; fighting battles they can relate to, in circumstances they can identify with. Feeling different, confronting bullies, believing in yourself, growing up in a single-parent family - the Tail's animals rise to challenges often facing today with courage, exuberance and optimism.
The Wonder Paradox
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Author : Jennifer Michael Hecht
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2023-03-07
The Wonder Paradox written by Jennifer Michael Hecht and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-07 with Religion categories.
The Wonder Paradox offers a lively, practical, and transcendent road map to meaning and connection through poetry. Where do we find magic? Peace? Connection? We have calendars to mark time, communal spaces to bring us together, bells to signal hours of contemplation, official archives to record legacies, the wisdom of sages read aloud, weekly, to map out the right way to live—in kindness, justice, morality. These rhythms and structures of society were all once set by religion. Now, for many, religion no longer runs the show. So how then to celebrate milestones? Find rules to guide us? Figure out which texts can focus our attention but still offer space for inquiry, communion, and the chance to dwell for a dazzling instant in what can’t be said? Where, really, are truth and beauty? The answer, says The Wonder Paradox, is in poetry. In twenty chapters built from years of questions and conversations with those looking for an authentic and meaningful life, Jennifer Michael Hecht offers ways to mine and adapt the useful aspects of tradition and to replace what no longer feels true. Through cultures and poetic wisdom from around the world—Sappho, Rumi, Shakespeare, Issa, Tagore, Frost, Szymborska, Angelou, and others—she blends literary criticism with spiritual guidance rooted in the everyday. Linking our needs to particular poems, she helps us better understand those needs, our very being, and poetry itself. Our capacity for wonder is one of the greatest joys of being human; The Wonder Paradox celebrates that instinct and that yearning.
Letters Of Seamen In The Wars With France 1793 1815
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Author : Helen Watt (Archivist)
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2016
Letters Of Seamen In The Wars With France 1793 1815 written by Helen Watt (Archivist) and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with History categories.
Letters of seamen below the rank of commissioned officer which tell us a great deal about shipboard life and about seamen's attitudes.
Babel S Dawn
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Author : Edmund Blair Bolles
language : en
Publisher: Catapult
Release Date : 2011-09-01
Babel S Dawn written by Edmund Blair Bolles and has been published by Catapult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-01 with History categories.
Babel's Dawn is a saga covering six million years. Like a walk through a natural history museum, Bolles demonstrates how members of the human lineage came to speak. Beginning with a scene of the last common ancestor ignoring a bird as it flies by, he guides us through generations, illuminating how it became possible for two Homo sapiens to not only acknowledge the songbird, but to also discuss the meaning of its song. Tracing the rise of voluntary vocalizations as well as the first word, phrases, and sentences, Bolles works against the common belief that the reason apes cannot speak is they are not smart enough. In this groundbreaking work, Bolles purposes that we now have substantial evidence that this age–old idea can no longer stand. With concrete portrayals of living individuals interwoven with evidence, data, and theory, Babel's Dawn is a powerful account of a great scientific revolution.
Country Life Illustrated
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Country Life Illustrated written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Country life categories.
The Spectator
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Spectator written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with English literature categories.
Forgotten English
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Author : Jeffrey Kacirk
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 1999-02-17
Forgotten English written by Jeffrey Kacirk and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-02-17 with Reference categories.
Have you ever sent a message via scandaroon, needed a nimgimmer, or fallen victim to bowelhive? Never heard of these terms? That's because they are a thing of the past. These words are alive and well, however, in Forgotten English, a charming collection of hundreds of archaic words, their definitions, and old-fashioned line drawings. For readers of Bill Bryson, Henry Beard, and Richard Lederer, Forgotten English is an eye-opening trip down a delightful etymological path. Readers learn that an ale connor sat in a puddle of ale to judge its quality, that a beemaster informed bees of any important household events, and that our ancestors had a saint for hangover sufferers, St. Bibiana, a fact pertinent to the word bibulous. Each selection is accompanied by literary excerpts demonstrating the word's usage, from sources such as Shakespeare, Dickens, Chaucer, and Benjamin Franklin. Entertaining as well as educational, Forgotten English is a fascinating addition to word lovers' books.