Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utai.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!utai!nick From: nick@utai.UUCP (Nicholas Graham) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Esperanto and the origins of some interesting words Message-ID: <339@utai.UUCP> Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 01:47:00 EST Article-I.D.: utai.339 Posted: Fri Jan 11 01:47:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Jan-85 03:16:26 EST References: <1129@druny.UUCP> <868@amdahl.UUCP> Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 23 > > Also, are there any good multi-lingual dictionaries which > > might be able to help me in the future? > > I have a paperback "The Concise Dictionary of 26 Languages" > which is quite interesting. It is published by Signet Books > (ISBN 451-Y3368-125), compiled by Peter M. Bergman. > ... > Gordon A. Moffett ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam I also have a useful multi-language dictionary, by name of "The Insult Dictionary", by Wolfe publishing. The front cover bills the book as demonstrating 'How to be abusive in FIVE languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.' The book provides such indispensable phrases as "Stop yapping so that I can hear the play", "The rest of my change would be nice now plaese", "When did the waiters start their strike?", and of course, "Yes, you deserve a tip: the tip of my boot!" It would appear that this is the only phrase book that should ever be required by an American travelling in Europe :-). Nick Graham, University of Toronto ..!{anywhere}!utcsrgv!utai!nick