9780575061316-0575061316-Your Mother's Tongue: A Book of European Invective

Your Mother's Tongue: A Book of European Invective

ISBN-13: 9780575061316
ISBN-10: 0575061316
Author: Stephen Burgen
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Victor Gollancz
Format: Hardcover 224 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780575061316
ISBN-10: 0575061316
Author: Stephen Burgen
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Victor Gollancz
Format: Hardcover 224 pages

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Your Mother's Tongue: A Book of European Invective (ISBN-13: 9780575061316 and ISBN-10: 0575061316), written by authors Stephen Burgen, was published by Victor Gollancz in 1997. With an overall rating of 4.5 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Your Mother's Tongue: A Book of European Invective (Hardcover, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.52.

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In this tour of anger, exasperation, prejudice, irony and loathing as expressed in some twenty European tongues, we learn that what is invective in one country is sweet talk in another; that a German's arsehole is an Italian's son of a bitch; and why you should never, ever call a Finn a Swede, a Portuguese woman a nanny-goat or a Spanish one a vixen. A single currency? Maybe. A common language? Not on your life.
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