The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language - Couverture souple

Forsyth, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1785781707 ISBN 13 : 9781785781704

Editeur : Icon Books, 2016

Synopsis

<div>THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER</div> <div>
</div> <div> Witty and erudite ... stuffed with the kind of arcane information that nobody strictly needs to know, but which is a pleasure to learn nonetheless. Nick Duerden, Independent</div> <div>
</div> <div> Particularly good ... Forsyth takes words and draws us into their, and our, murky history William Leith, Evening Standard</div> <div>
</div> <div>The Etymologicon is an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language.</div> <div>
</div> <div>What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces?</div> <div>
</div> <div>Mark Forsyth s riotous celebration of the idiosyncratic and sometimes absurd connections between words isa classic of its kind: a mine of fascinating information and a must-read for word-lovers everywhere.</div> <div>
</div> <div> Highly recommended. Spectator</div>

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Mark Forsyth is a writer, journalist and blogger. Every job he's ever had, whether as a ghost-writer or proof-reader or copy-writer, has been to do with words. He started The Inky Fool blog in 2009 and now writes a post almost every day. The blog has received worldwide attention and enjoys an average of 4,000 hits per week.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Icon Books
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1785781707
• ISBN 13: 9781785781704
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible