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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 428.0207
EAN num: 9780307236012
ISBN number: 0307236013
Label: Three Rivers Press
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 192
Printing Date: April 19, 2005
Publishing house: Three Rivers Press
Release Date: April 19, 2005
Sale Popularity Level: 98004
Studio: Three Rivers Press
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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 steel 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 means
7—For instance, some of this book was very first published in Britain twenty-six years ago.
8—Look it up yourself.
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This book is wonderful- I really loved it and laughed out loud more than once. It' not for everybody, but it does have a wonderful sense of humour and it describes perfectly several situations you have lived trough. Too bad for the very British ones that I missed, not being British. But overall a wonderful read.
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I didn't know until now that this book existed. What I am doing is reviewing its predecessor, The Meaning of Liff. That, I have to say, is as funny a book as I've ever read. It had me in hysterics, even when I was ill, unemployed and going through divorce. It might not be too obvious to US readers just how funny this is, if you're not familiar with some of the stranger place names (Quaking Houses, for example, is close to where I live in N. E. England. Shaking Houses isn't far from there.) Consett isn't the last course of a meal, it's a nearby village. Why 3 stars? It's provisional. I'm sure that reading this would result in 5+ for reasons given.
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I really enjoyed reading this book. I kept finding things in it I could use in everyday sentences. Who hasn't experienced the sensation of woking?
I had heard of this product through one of Adams's other books - Salmon of Doubt, so I kind of had an idea of what it was about. Anyone who enjoys Pratchett or Monty Python will get a kick out of this book.
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I am a big fan of Dougles Adams books, at least in general.
But this book is, at best, only marginally funny. Others have explored this topic, and with better results.
The problem here is that Adams tries to make funny sounding words for things that don't have a name (like that little twist between link sausages), but constrains himself to using the names of small cities and towns from around the world. Occasionally, he hits a home run, but most of the words are strike outs.
Disapointed.
PS the 'name' for the link between sausages is kerry. Why, I don't know, and I have no idea why some think this is humorous.
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This book was superb, anyone who is a fan of Adams will appreciate it's wit, it's ingenuity, and it's intense sarcasm. Absolutely necessary to complete you Douglas Adams collection.
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