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

Author: Mark Forsyth

Narrator: Don Hagen

Unabridged: 7 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Gildan Audio

Published: 04/01/2014

Genre: Education - Language Experience Approach

Includes: Bonus PDF

Synopsis

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?-'ma-la-ji-kan) 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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