As They Say In Zanzibar - David Crystal

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      446  Neighbours

      447  Enemies

      448  Society

      449  Politeness

      450  Love

      451  Kisses – Caresses

      452  Dislike – Anger

      453  Marriage

      454  Tenderness – Forgiveness

      455  Goodness – Evil

      456  Deserving

      457  Respect – Contempt

      458  Praise – Blame

      459  Drunkenness

      460  Laws – Lawyers

      461  Punishment

      462  God – Gods

      463  Angels – Saints

      464  Devils

      465  Heaven

      466  Worship

      467  Clergy

      468  Church

      Panel 13 Tracing a history

      Panel 14 First person proverbs

      Panel 15 A character called Proverbs

      Panel 16 Country variations – animals

      Panel 17 Country variations – plants

      Panel 18 Contrasts

      Panel 19 Proverb grammar

      Panel 20 A catch-phrase becoming a proverb

      Panel 21 Nonstandard language

      Panel 22 Paremiographers

      Panel 23 Proverbs in Shakespeare’s school

      Panel 24 A proverb poem

      Panel 25 Proverbial software

      Panel 26 ‘Proverbs’ in Shakespeare

      Panel 27 Being bilingual

      Panel 28 Authorial creations

      Panel 29 Adults play with proverbs

      Panel 30 Country variations – beliefs and behaviour

      Panel 31 Biblical proverbs

      Panel 32 Unfinished proverbs

      1 God did not create hurry FINLAND

      2 Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank Him for not having given it wings ETHIOPIA

      3 The face came before the photograph USA

      4 Heroism consists in hanging on one minute longer NORWAY

      5 Everything comes to those who wait ENGLAND

      6 There’s a time and a place for everything ENGLAND

      7 The existence of the sea means the existence of pirates MALAYSIA

      8 Handsome is as handsome does ENGLAND

      9 Friendly is as friendly does USA

      10 Everything is possible, except to bite your own nose NETHERLANDS

      11 Fingers were made before forks ENGLAND

      12 The bigger they come, the harder they fall USA

      13 When God made the rabbit He made bushes too HUNGARY

      14 Let the church stand in the churchyard ENGLAND

      15 Everything will perish save love and music SCOTLAND

      16 Rules are made to be broken ENGLAND

      17 If you aren’t what you ain’t, then you ain’t what you are USA

      1 If you have no relatives, get married EGYPT

      2 Vultures eat with their blood relations SOUTH AFRICA

      3 One family builds the wall; two families enjoy it CHINA

      4 In every family’s cooking-pot is one black spot CHINA

      5 The bazaar knows neither father nor mother TURKEY

      6 A hundred aunts is not the same as one mother SIERRA LEONE

      7 If my aunt had wheels, she might be an omnibus NETHERLANDS

      8 Bed is your brother ZANZIBAR

      9 Better a neighbour over the wall than a brother over the sea ALBANIA

      10 Two happy days are seldom brothers BULGARIA

      11 Three brothers, three fortresses PORTUGAL

      12 Brotherly

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