They Have a Word for It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words & Phrases by Howard Rheingold

They Have a Word for It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words & Phrases

Howard Rheingold

284 pages first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction reference informative reflective slow-paced

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They Have a Word for It takes the reader to the far corners of the globe to discover words and phrases for which there are no equivalents in English. From the North Pole to New Guinea, from Easter Island to Tibet, Howard Rheingold explores more th...

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