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Adam Jacot De Boinod

Peter Trudgill looks at ways of greeting while eating in European language.

Amazing terms for food from European languages

Adam Jacot De Boinod

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Turkish: If dogs' prayers were accepted it would rain bones from the sky

26 pleasingly colourful European sayings (and their bizarre translations)

Adam Jacot De Boinod

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She sells sea shells...

A guide to Europe’s most fiendish tongue twisters

Adam Jacot De Boinod

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Gattara - Italian: A woman, often old and lonely, who devotes herself to stray cats. (Photo: Linnea

60 beautifully clever European words with no English translation

Adam Jacot De Boinod

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