Every Word Is a Bird We Teach to Sing: Encounters with the Mysteries and Meanings of Language | 
pickFascinating book! A rich buffet for word-nerds, a collection of essays on e.g: ASL; the rules of Icelandic naming; the Manx language; details of translating Les Murray's poetry into French; Esperanto; the grammar and syntax of phone-speech; the work of Georges Perec (appropriately excluding the letter "e"); and his own synaesthetic language of number.
(I'm considering the possibility that I have a crush on Daniel Tammet's mind at this point. ?)
Impulse buy at airport bookstore! Loving it so far. I went to bed early last night so that I could get some reading in. Will do the same tonight! Am I the only that goes to bed just to read?
Local library comes through again. Just saw this book review last weekend and bam there it is.
#TBRtemptation post 2! Just released. I like this cover. In this collection of essays, Tammet answers questions about the intricacies and profundity of language. A joyous romp exploring everything from an "e"-less say on lipgrams to an accomplished lip reader, from translation to sign language, autism to the grammar of the telephone. Intriguing! #blameLitsy #blameMrBook ?
