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While researching for the BBC quiz programme QJ, Jacot de Boinod dipped into an Albanian dictionary and discovered that it contained 27 words for "moustache", including fshes (a long broom-like moustache with bristly hairs) and the more stylish mustaqe posht (a moustache that droops down at both ends). He was hooked.
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Word perfect The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from Around the World Adam Jacot de Boinod Penguin, 209pp, £10
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