Hardback PLC
190 x 140 mm, 128 pages
ISBN: 9781906761882
RRP: £9.99
This book is a mini compendium of phrases in other languages which mean something completely different. The Dutch have a word specifically for the enjoyment of windy walks. In Portuguese, your ‘better half’ is the bigger portion of an orange. Finland has a word for a snowy surface just crisp enough to withstand you stomping across and so on.
A quirky look through 25 different languages, In Other Words gathers together linguistic gems from Arabic, Mandarin, Polish, French, Gaelic and Swahili and many more to entertain even the most well-versed polyglot.
With charming illustrations, Christopher J. Moore will have you marvelling at the humour and precision with which other cultures capture certain flights of thought.
See also: Ikigai
