Saturday 29 November 2014

Lingo: A Language-Spotter’s Guide to Europe

The Guardian a eune èrveue du livre Lingo: A Language-Spotter’s Guide to Europe dé Gaston Dorren:

We might also want to adopt omenie (“a Romanian word for the virtue of being fully human, that is: gentle, decent, respectful, hospitable, honest, polite”), or, from Channel Island Norman, the evocative Ûssel’lie, which names “the continual opening and closing of doors”.

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