I wondered if you might like a link to both my Foreign word site and my English word website or press release details of my ensuing book with Penguin Press on amusing and interesting English vocabulary?

http://www.thewonderofwhiffling.com

with best wishes

Adam Jacot de Boinod

(author of The Meaning of Tingo)

(www.themeaningoftingo.com)

adamjacot@fastmail.co.uk

or wish to include:

1) THE MEANING OF TINGO
When photographers attempt to bring out our smiling faces by asking us
to “Say Cheese”, many countries appear to follow suit with English
equivalents. In Spanish however they say patata (potato), in Argentinian Spanish whisky, in French steak frites, in Serbia ptica (bird) and in
Danish appelsin (orange). Do you know of any other varieties from around the world’s languages? See more on http://www.themeaningoftingo.com

2) THE WONDER OF WHIFFLING

The Wonder of Whiffling is a tour of English around the globe (with fine
coinages from our English-speaking cousins across the pond, Down Under
and elsewhere).
Discover all sorts of words you’ve always wished existed but never knew,
such as fornale, to spend one’s money before it has been earned; cagg, a solemn vow or resolution not to get drunk for a certain time; and
petrichor, the pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a
dry spell.
Delving passionately into the English language, I also discover why it
is you wouldn’t want to have dinner with a vice admiral of the narrow
seas, why Jacobites toasted the little gentleman in black velvet, and
why a Nottingham Goodnight is better than one from anywhere else. See
more on http://www.thewonderofwhiffling.com

with best wishes

Adam

Nice to see you on the web! Are you not coming to LIFT 09? I’ll miss you!!! This time, I’m organising a Workshop on “Cyber Volunteers”. It will be my great pleasure if you, such a thoughtful person, could join us and share your thoughts. Yoshiko

1. Who are the Swiss writers? Who can call themselves as such? How would you characterize them? Do they have anything in common besides the activity of writing?

2.The Swiss Myth does remain an area to explore, and I must confess that for me, this is just the beginning of the adventure.

One of my observations about this place where we live that forms a certain culture space that we call Switzerland is that is characterized by both abundant freedom of expression, and a very faceted origin of that expression.

Independence, autonomy and neutrality are all aspects worthy of closer inspection.

Les arguments de Chomsky sont assez intéressants. En tout cas ils remettent à penser sur des aspects très délicats. La relation entre les entreprises, comme tu veux l’examiner, doit vraiment être regardé d’autres points de vue que c’est fait traditionnellement.

Tout de même, ces pensées doivent être adaptées aux institutions scientifiques. Si les universités ne dépendent que de l’état ou des impôts cantonaux, on risque d’être influencé par la politique. Chomsky y nomme comme exemple extrême l’Allemagne des années 1920–1945 qui a perdu sa réputation en sciences et philosophie. Aujourd’hui, seulement la dépendance de l’économie est critiquée et discutée.

La « vérité historique officielle » pose aussi des problèmes à des gens qui font de la recherche en Suisse. Quelles questions sont permises… ?