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The Etymologicon: a Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language Unabridged edition
Mark Forsyth
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The Etymologicon: a Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language Unabridged edition
Mark Forsyth
[*Includes Bonus PDF with Quizzes]
[Read by Don Hagen]
In the tradition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves, The Etymologicon is an engaging and humorous exploration of English words and their origins - and already a #1 international bestseller!
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 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.
| Media | Audio Book Audiobook (CD) (Audiobook on CD) |
| Number of discs | 6 |
| Released | April 1, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781469090948 |
| Label | Gildan Media and Blackstone Audio |
| Dimensions | 132 × 145 × 10 mm · 176 g |
| Language | English |
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