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The Etymologicon

Mark Forsyth

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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.

Рік:

2012

Видавництво:

Penguin Publishing Group

Мова:

english

ISBN 10:

1101611766

ISBN 13:

9781101611760

ISBN:

C2BE767F-B789-4008-939B-750196F18608