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"Bakku-shan" and Goethe's Faust.(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
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In Feb. 2008 issue of Word Ways, Philip Cohen reviews two books: (1) Word Fugitives: In Pursuit of Wanted Words by Barbara Wallraff (HarperCollins 2006), and (2) The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from Around the Worm by Adam Jacot de Boinod (Penguin 2006).
Cohen writes, "I recommend the former." (p. 72) and points out numerous errors in the latter Penguin book.
The definition of bakku-shan from the Penguin book (which Philip Cohen reproduces on p. 75) sounded familiar to me, so the next day I checked and ...
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