Ben Schott: Schott's Significa, Gebunden
Schott's Significa
- An Unexpectedly Essential Guide to Language
- Verlag:
- Penguin Books Ltd (UK), 10/2025
- Einband:
- Gebunden
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780241736609
- Artikelnummer:
- 12190497
- Umfang:
- 304 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 500 g
- Maße:
- 251 x 170 mm
- Stärke:
- 35 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 9.10.2025
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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Preis |
|---|---|
| Buch, Gebunden, Englisch | EUR 32,40* |
Klappentext
SCHOTT IS BACK - and better than ever.
From the mind behind the million-copy bestseller Schott's Original Miscellany comes an indispensable field guide to the hidden lore and secret languages of our modern age.
A must-have book for word nerds, culture lovers and the endlessly curious. 'Beyond extraordinary' Gyles Brandreth
'The Rosetta Stone for modern times' Graydon Carter
'This truly remarkable book is quite unlike any other work of etymology or entertainment' Andrew Roberts
'Ben Schott ... cannot write an inelegant sentence' The Times
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When do London cabbies take oranges and lemons?
How do marmalade droppers sell newspapers?
Who eats the forbidden brownie at Starbucks?
Secret languages surround us. From graffiti writers, gondoliers, and gym rats to spies, sneakerheads, and Swifties - every group creates a private lingo of jargon and gesture that eludes the rest of the world.
Not anymore.
In Schott's Significa , Ben Schott - bestselling author and master curator of the ungoogleable - unlocks 53 of the most intriguing linguistic subcultures, including:
- Casinos and crypto
- Doctors and dog walkers
- Bartenders and typographers
- Stunt performers and church ushers
- Paparazzi snappers and competitive eaters.
Painstakingly researched, lavishly illustrated and exquisitely designed, Schott's Significa is more than a miscellany of secret languages.
It's a celebration of the power of communication, the joy of connection, and the delight of discovery.
Biografie
Ben Schott was born in North London in 1974. He was educated at University College School. Hampstead, and Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, where he read Social and Political Sciences. He has worked with the Independent, The Times, the Sunday Times, Reader's Digest and Sunday Business, amongst many others and has photographed celebrities from Hugh Grant to Tony Blair and Enoch Powell. Now a full-time writer, he has had columns with a number of publications including Condé Nast Traveller and the Daily Telegraph , and is now a regular contributor to the New York Times and The Times of London. He lives in London.
