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Biting the Wax Tadpole
Biting the Wax Tadpole
Author: Elizabeth Little
When Chinese shopkeepers tried to find a written equivalent of Coca-Cola, one set of characters they chose was pronounced “ke-kou ke-la.” It sounded right, but it literally translated as “bite the wax tadpole.” Language, like travel, is always stranger than we expect, and is often more beautiful than we imagine. In BITING...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385527743
ISBN-10: 0385527748
Publication Date: 11/11/2008
Pages: 192
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Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Book Type: Paperback
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