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

Forsyth, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848314531 ISBN 13 : 9781848314535

Editeur : Icon Books, 2012

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Etymologicon springs from Mark Forsyth's Inky Fool blog on the strange connections between words. It's an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language, taking in monks and monkeys, film buffs and buffaloes, and explaining precisely what the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Icon Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1848314531
• ISBN 13: 9781848314535
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272