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The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book: Perplexing Lexical Patterns to Unmix and Vexing Syntax to Outfox

Alex Bellos

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Description:100 wonder-filled word puzzles that thrill and tantalize with the beauty, magic, and weirdness of world languageWhether you’re a crossword solver, cryptogram fan, Scrabble addict, or Sudoku savant, The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book is guaranteed to tease your brain and twist your tongue. Puzzle master Alex Bellos begins in Japan, where we can observe some curious counting:boru niko = two ballstsuna nihon = two ropesuma nito = two horseskami nimai = two sheets of paperashi gohon = five legsringo goko = five applessara gomai = five plateskaba goto = five hipposNow, how do the Japanese say “nine cucumbers”?*a) kyuri kyuhonb) kyuri kyukoc) kyuri kyuhikid) kyuri kyutoBellos finds the intrigue—and the human element—in a dizzying array of ancient, modern, and even invented tongues, from hieroglyphs to Blissymbolics, Danish to Dothraki. Filled with unusual alphabets, fascinating characters, and intriguing local customs for time-telling, naming children, and more, this is a bravura book of brainteasers and beyond—it’s a globe-trotting, time-traveling celebration of language.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book: Perplexing Lexical Patterns to Unmix and Vexing Syntax to Outfox. To get started finding The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book: Perplexing Lexical Patterns to Unmix and Vexing Syntax to Outfox, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2021

ISBN: 1615198040

Description: 100 wonder-filled word puzzles that thrill and tantalize with the beauty, magic, and weirdness of world languageWhether you’re a crossword solver, cryptogram fan, Scrabble addict, or Sudoku savant, The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book is guaranteed to tease your brain and twist your tongue. Puzzle master Alex Bellos begins in Japan, where we can observe some curious counting:boru niko = two ballstsuna nihon = two ropesuma nito = two horseskami nimai = two sheets of paperashi gohon = five legsringo goko = five applessara gomai = five plateskaba goto = five hipposNow, how do the Japanese say “nine cucumbers”?*a) kyuri kyuhonb) kyuri kyukoc) kyuri kyuhikid) kyuri kyutoBellos finds the intrigue—and the human element—in a dizzying array of ancient, modern, and even invented tongues, from hieroglyphs to Blissymbolics, Danish to Dothraki. Filled with unusual alphabets, fascinating characters, and intriguing local customs for time-telling, naming children, and more, this is a bravura book of brainteasers and beyond—it’s a globe-trotting, time-traveling celebration of language.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book: Perplexing Lexical Patterns to Unmix and Vexing Syntax to Outfox. To get started finding The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book: Perplexing Lexical Patterns to Unmix and Vexing Syntax to Outfox, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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