Re: They Have a Word for It!
| From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, August 4, 2001, 19:56 |
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In a message dated 03.08.2001 03:20:47 AM, yl112@CORNELL.EDU writes:
>_They Have a Word for It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words
>& Phrases_ by Howard Rheingold.
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>Anyone else read this?
I owned a copy of it for a while, but traded it for a book on pidgins &
creoles ::BiG GRiN::
>It's really neat, though; I like it not only for the
>random trivia factor, but for lexicon-creation inspiration (being one of
>those weirdoes who really loves creating words for a conlang).
Yepyep, but it's light reading & I wished it was more in-depth in regards
to the cultural contexts these words arise from. But oh well it was quite
inspirational in that it got me to think more outside the conventions of
EuroAmerican life(styles)...
Z