Adam Jacot de Boinod

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Adam Jacot de Boinod (born 1960) is a British author, notable for his works about unusual words, such as his last name. Usually known as Jacot, he has written three books, the first two (The Meaning of Tingo and Toujours Tingo) looking at words which have no equivalent in the English language, and his third book (The Wonder of Whiffling) which reveals unusual words in English.

Early life

Jacot was educated at

Cambridge University (MA
).

Career

Jacot worked on the first series of the

panel game QI. His research on the show involved him reading an entire Albanian language dictionary and noting down any words which he found interesting. He noted that there are 27 different words for moustaches and 27 words for eyebrows in Albanian, including, "vetullan" ("very bushy eyebrows"), "vetullor" ("slightly arched eyebrows") and "vetullosh" ("very thick eyebrows"). There was also a question asking the meaning of the word "vetullushe", which was claimed to be "a goat with brown eyebrows".[1][2][3]

After leaving QI, Jacot began an investigation into other languages, examining 280 dictionaries and 140 websites.

Morris dancing."[6]

He co-writes a daily trivia column for the Daily Mail with Etan Smallman.

Adam is also occasionally involved with "The Inflectionist" (magazine), and became a guest writer in early 2013.

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Albania". QI. Season 1. Episode 8. 30 October 2009.
  3. ISBN 0-14-102198-5
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  4. ^ Jacot de Boinod, p. ii
  5. ^ Jacot de Boinod, p. 95
  6. ^ de Boinod, Adam Jacot (2009). The Wonder of Whiffling. London: Penguin Books. pp. ix.

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