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“Inexperienced travelers might think that ‘Aargh!’ is universal, but in Betrobi it means “highly enjoyable” and in Howondaland it means, variously, ‘I would like to eat your foot,’ ‘Your wife is a big hippo,’ and ‘Hello, Thinks Mr. Purple Cat.’ One particular tribe has a fearsome reputation for cruelty merely because prisoners appear, to them, to be shouting ‘Quick! Extra boiling oil!’”

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