nocto

This is a book full of interesting concepts that can be expressed in other languages using a single word but which we don't have a word for in English. It's a really good browsey type of a read.

It was first published in 1988 and includes a few words that I've learnt since then but I'm not sure how unusual they were in English in 1988. Schadenfreude was one of the words that I recognised.

My favourite so far is the Swedish word uffda which is to "ouch!" what "bless you!" is to sneezing. Much better than "oooh, that sounded like it hurt!" isn't it?

Purchased on 12th November 2001.