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Stephen Burgen
223 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780575061316
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
Publication date: Not specified
Description
An exploration of insults and swearwords in some 20 European tongues. It shows that what is invective in one country is sweet talk in another, explaining why you should never call a Finn a Swede, a Portugese woman a nanny-goat or a Spanish one a v...
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Stephen Burgen
223 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780575061316
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
Publication date: Not specified
Description
An exploration of insults and swearwords in some 20 European tongues. It shows that what is invective in one country is sweet talk in another, explaining why you should never call a Finn a Swede, a Portugese woman a nanny-goat or a Spanish one a v...