The Meaning of Liff

As you might or might not know, I am one of the many Douglas Adams fans that ramble on about his work whenever I have nothing else to post. If you are one of the fortunate and enlightened people that have actually read the "The Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy" then you might or might not be one of those that know about some of the other Adams works. The one I am specifically referring to here is the "The Meaning of Liff". I have searched long and far for this little piece of literature, only to discover that it is no longer in print and that one can only attain an original copy from second hand bookstores or via Amazon second hand book sales. Yeah, I am rather lazy and never got round to actually laying my hands on such a *second hand copy*, however, the internet is a rather resourceful space when it comes to literature. Yip, I got hold of a text download the other day, and yes, I am about to shove some more of my interest down your throat. "In Life*, there are many hundreds of common experiences, feelings, situations and even objects which we all know and recognize, but for which no words exist. On the other hand, the world is littererd with thousands of spare words which spend their time doing nothing but loafing about on signposts pointing at places.Our job, as wee see it, is to get these words dow off the signposts and into the mouths of babes and sucklings and so on, where they can start earning their keep in everyday conversation and make a more positive contribution to society." - Douglas Adams and John Lloyd. Many years ago, authors Douglas Adams and John Lloyd took it upon themselves to solve this problem by producing a little pocket size dictionary (A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them) if you may; called: "The meaning of Liff". In this brilliant piece they actually look at these *experiences/feelings/situations/objects* that has no real words assigned to them and then give it a name/word that can be used in everyday conversation. It is an absolute hoot and really a must read if you have cynical DNA in your make-up. Since the book in no longer in print I thought it good to provide a link here purely for *educational* purposes not intending to infringe on any copyright laws (well, technically, the dewd who copied the book onto the web already broke those laws for us - should you feel the need to copy and paste it ... errr that is entirely up to you :) ).

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The Meaning of Liff