walking encyclopedia

A very knowledgeable person, as in Ask Rob-he's a walking encyclopedia of military history. A similar expression, a walking dictionary, was used by George Chapman in his poem "Tears of Peace" (c. 1600).

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Martin	MAHR-tən (English), mar-TEN (French), MAHR-teen (German, Finnish), MAHR-tin (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), MAWR-teen (Hungarian), mahr-TIN (Bulgarian)	English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croa
Margareta	mahr-gah-RE-tah (German), MAHR-gah-re-tah (Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Slovene, Dutch, Finnish, Croatian
Filipp	fee-LEEP	Russian
Tucker	TUK-ər	English (Modern)
Ulises	oo-LEE-ses	Spanish
Encarna	en-KAHR-nah	Spanish