The Etymologicon springs from Mark Forsyth's Inky Fool blog on the strange connections between words. A 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.
A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
Hardback
Publication Date: 03/11/2011
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. A 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.
The Etymologicon springs from Mark Forsyth's Inky Fool blog on the strange connections between words. A 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.
- ISBN:
- 9781848313071
- 9781848313071
- Category:
- Language: history & general works
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 03-11-2011
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Icon Books
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions (mm):
- 204x138x27mm
- Weight:
- 0.35kg
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