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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

by Mark Forsyth (Author)

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    Paperback 2012

    $18.73
Synopsis

Do you know why...

...a mortgage is literally a death pledge? ...why guns have girls' names? ...why salt is related to soldier?

You're about to find out...

The Etymologicon (e-t?-'m -l -ji-k n) is:
*Witty (wi-te\): Full of clever humor

*Erudite (er-?-dit): Showing knowledge

*Ribald (ri-b?ld): Crude, offensive

The Etymologicon is a completely unauthorized guide to the strange underpinnings of the English language. It explains: how you get from gruntled to disgruntled ; why you are absolutely right to believe that your meager salary barely covers money for salt ; how the biggest chain of coffee shops in the world (hint: Seattle) connects to whaling in Nantucket; and what precisely the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 02 Oct 2012
ISBN 10: 0425260798
ISBN 13: 9780425260791

Media Reviews
The stocking filler of the season...how else to describe a book that explains the connection between Dom Perignon and Mein Kampf. --The Observer

Crikey...this is addictive! --The Times

Mark Forsyth is clearly a man who knows his onions. --Daily Telegraph
Author Bio
Mark Forsyth is a writer, journalist, proofreader, ghostwriter, and pedant. He was given a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary as a christening present and has never looked back. He is the creator of The Inky Fool, a blog about words, phrases, grammar, rhetoric, and prose.