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I'm Not Hanging Noodles On Your Ears And Other Intriguing Idi'm Not Hanging Noodles On Your Ears And Other Intriguing Idioms From Around The World Iom (2009)

by Jag Bhalla(Favorite Author)

3.2 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1426205309 (ISBN13: 9781426205309)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

National Geographic Society

review 1: Pretty interesting look at idioms around the world but full of strange rants and tangents often unrelated to the book's subject or even to the field of linguistics. At one point the author begins a chapter about numerical idioms with a long diatribe against capitalism and an exposé about how the work of economist Adam Smith has been taken out of context and misinterpreted. Fine. But I just wanted to read about some fun idioms and maybe discover some of their origins--by the way, there's virtually no etymology to be found here. Similarly, the author ends the book by pointing out the errors of The Enlightenment. What were those errors? Too rational. OK. Can we get back to some idioms. The Spanish and Italian ones seem particularly creative. The Japanese ones are inscrutable... more and possibly insane.The book isn't all bad. The idioms are fun. There are some cool drawings. And the author's reference section at the end of the book would be a great place for anyone to start educating himself on popular linguistics. All the heavyweights are included.
review 2: My rating for the book is somewhere between 3 and 4, much closer to 4. Ever since I read a review of this book in NPR, I've been wanting to read it, and it finally happened. It is a thoroughly entertaining book, though it is not that engaging all the way through. May be, as the author suggested, this book shouldn't be read at a stretch. It is about idiom's all over the world and how we can understand other people and their culture through language. Not too high-brow, some of the idioms and the context they are used leaves you ROFL. Do-read recommendation for anyone interested in language and it's nuances. less

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