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Etymologicon, The|Forsyth, Mark

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

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Overview

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:
*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.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781469028811
  • Publisher: Ascent Audio
  • Publish Date: Apr 2014
  • Author: Mark Forsyth
  • Narrator: Don Hagen
  • Duration: 07:01:27

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