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Etymologicon, The
A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
Author: Mark ForsythIllustrator:
Retail Price: | $29.99 |
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ISBN: 9781848313071
Format: Hardback
Published: February 2014
Published By: Allen and Unwin
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Published: February 2014
Published By: Allen and Unwin
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What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces?As heard on BBC Radio 4, The Etymologicon - which springs from Mark Forsyth's Inky Fool blog - is an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language. It takes in monks and monkeys, film buffs and buffaloes, and explains precisely what the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening.