An edition of The deeper meaning of liff (1990)

Der tiefere Sinn des Labenz.

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An edition of The deeper meaning of liff (1990)

Der tiefere Sinn des Labenz.

  • 3.6 (5 ratings) ·
  • 16 Want to read
  • 7 Have read

Does the sensation of Tingrith(1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny(2)? Can you deal with a Naugatuck(3) without causing a Toronto(4)? Will you suffer from Kettering(5) this summer? Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences but just didn't know that there are words for them. Well, in fact, there aren't--or rather there weren't, until Douglas Adams and John Lloyd decided to plug these egregious linguistic lacunae(6). They quickly realized that just as there are an awful lot of experiences that no one has a name for, so there are an awful lot of names for places you will never need to go to. What a waste. As responsible citizens of a small and crowded world, we must all learn the virtues of recycling(7) and put old, worn-out but still serviceable names to exciting, vibrant, new uses. This is the book that does that for you: The Deeper Meaning of Liff--a whole new solution to the problem of Great Wakering(8)1--The feeling of aluminum foil against your fillings.2--The way people stand when examining other people's bookshelves.3--A plastic packet containing shampoo, mustard, etc., which is impossible to open except by biting off the corners.4--Generic term for anything that comes out in a gush, despite all your efforts to let it out carefully, e.g., flour into a white sauce, ketchup onto fish, a dog into the yard, and another naughty meaning that we can't put on the cover.5--The marks left on your bottom and thighs after you've been sitting sunbathing in a wicker chair.6--God knows what this means7--For instance, some of this book was first published in Britain twenty-six years ago.8--Look it up yourself.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Cover of: The Deeper Meaning of Liff
The Deeper Meaning of Liff
2005, Crown Publishing Group
eBook in English
Cover of: Der tiefere Sinn des Labenz
Der tiefere Sinn des Labenz
Sep 01, 2004, Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH
paperback
Cover of: The deeper meaning of liff
The deeper meaning of liff: a dictionary of things there aren't any words for yet-- but there ought to be
/2001, Three Rivers Press
in English - 1st pbk. ed.
Cover of: Elimaen perimmäinen tarkoitus.
Elimaen perimmäinen tarkoitus.
1997, Loki
in Finnish
Cover of: Der tiefere Sinn des Labenz.
Der tiefere Sinn des Labenz.
July 1, 1996, Heyne
Paperback
Cover of: Deeper Meaning of Life
Deeper Meaning of Life
July 2, 1995, Random House Value Publishing
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The Deeper Meaning of Liff
The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet- But There Ought to Be
September 28, 1993, Harmony
Hardcover in English - 1st American ed edition
Cover of: The deeper meaning of liff
The deeper meaning of liff
1992, Pan Books and Faber & Faber
in English
Cover of: The deeper meaning of liff
The deeper meaning of liff
1990, Pan
in English
Cover of: The deeper meaning of liff
The deeper meaning of liff
1990, Harmony Books
in English - 1st American ed.

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OL9040803M
ISBN 10
3453099826
ISBN 13
9783453099821
OCLC/WorldCat
75757860
Library Thing
4925490
Goodreads
1981059

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