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Some of you may have missed the pithy review of the book THE MEANING OF TINGO in the January, 2005 issue of the Picayune Inquirer. I thought as much. To remedy this I am forwarding a few of the words and phrases that appear in the book. The book deals with a man who is obsessed with dictionaries and he highlights some of the more interesting words that he has found.
* In Bolivia the word "umjayanipxitutuwa" means: "I was totally drunk last night, and anyway it's all their fault!"
* In Intuit areodjarekout means "to exchange wives for a few days only".
*backpfeifengesicht=A face that cries out for a fist in it (German)
*fshes=a broom-like mustache (Albanian, in fact, has 27 different words for mustaches including "rruar" which is a mustache that has been shaved off)
*knisper, knasper, knusper=snap, crackle and pop (German)
*tingo=to borrow objects from a friend's house until there is nothing left (Pascuense-Easter Island
*zechpreller=a person who always disappears form a cafe before paying his bill (German)
*akkisuitok=to refrain forever from giving an answer (Inuit)
*tsuji-giri= to try out a new sword on a passerby (Japanese)
*nakhur=a female camel tht gives milk only if its nostrils are tickled with a reed of straw
* In Bolivia the word "umjayanipxitutuwa" means: "I was totally drunk last night, and anyway it's all their fault!"
* In Intuit areodjarekout means "to exchange wives for a few days only".
*backpfeifengesicht=A face that cries out for a fist in it (German)
*fshes=a broom-like mustache (Albanian, in fact, has 27 different words for mustaches including "rruar" which is a mustache that has been shaved off)
*knisper, knasper, knusper=snap, crackle and pop (German)
*tingo=to borrow objects from a friend's house until there is nothing left (Pascuense-Easter Island
*zechpreller=a person who always disappears form a cafe before paying his bill (German)
*akkisuitok=to refrain forever from giving an answer (Inuit)
*tsuji-giri= to try out a new sword on a passerby (Japanese)
*nakhur=a female camel tht gives milk only if its nostrils are tickled with a reed of straw
posted by HILLEL AND HANA | 10:25 AM
2 Comments:
To which I can only say, "Gesundheit". I love the words, Hilly. I will need to find that book sometime soon. The word about the camel with a ticklish nose reminded me of an old Down East joke whose punchline was "I had a car like that myself once." (The original joke wasn't very good either.)
Answer: She sleeps with the fshes.
Question: Who is Jerry Colonna's wife?
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