The Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth
Title | The Etymologicon |
Author | Mark Forsyth |
Publisher | Penguin |
Release Date | 2012-10-02 |
Category | Language Arts & Disciplines |
Total Pages | 304 |
ISBN | 9781101611760 |
Language | English, Spanish, and French |
Book Summary:
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.