The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
Mark Forsyth
(Author)
Description
What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces? The Etymologicon springs from Mark Forsyth's Inky Fool blog on the strange connections between words. It's an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language, taking in monks and monkeys, film buffs and buffaloes, and explaining precisely what the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening.Product Details
Price
$12.57
$11.69
Publisher
Icon Books Company
Publish Date
November 01, 2011
Pages
288
Dimensions
5.2 X 7.9 X 1.1 inches | 0.9 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781848313071
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About the Author
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.
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
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"Crikey...this is addictive!"--"The Times
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"Mark Forsyth is clearly a man who knows his onions."--"Daily Telegraph"
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"Crikey...this is addictive!"--"The Times
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"Mark Forsyth is clearly a man who knows his onions."--"Daily Telegraph"
