The Etymologicon
By
Mark Forsyth
Read by
Don Hagen
Release:
04/01/2014
Release:
04/01/2014
Release:
04/01/2014
Runtime:
7h 2m
Runtime:
7h 2m
Runtime:
7h 2m
Unabridged
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“Mark Forsyth is clearly a man who knows his onions.”
Daily Telegraph (London)
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.
…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.
Release:
2014-04-01
2014-04-01
2014-04-01
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
7h 2m
7h 2m
7h 2m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
0.55 lb
0.55 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781469028811
9781469090948
9798200623310
Publisher:
Ascent Audio
Ascent Audio
Ascent Audio
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