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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language Paperback - 2012
by Mark Forsyth
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Springing from the popular and hilarious Inky Fool blog, Forsyth examines the strange and surprising connections between words and takes readers on a gleeful guided tour through the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language.
Summary
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?-‘mä-lä-ji-kän) is:
…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?-‘mä-lä-ji-kän) 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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- Title The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
- Author Mark Forsyth
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Berkley Books
- Publication date 2012-10-02
- Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780425260791 / 0425260798
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 0.9 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 2.29 cm)
- Age range 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Aspects (Academic): UK Unique
- Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
- Library of Congress subjects English language - Etymology, English language - Terms and phrases
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2012533123
- Dewey Decimal Code 422
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- Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/2012, Page 0
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