'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. 'Particularly good ... Forsyth takes words and draws us into their, and our, murky history.' William Leith, Evening Standard. The Etymologicon is an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language.
What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces?Mark Forsyth's riotous celebration of the idiosyncratic and sometimes absurd connections between words is a classic of its kind:
| ISBN: | 9781848313194 |
| Publication date: | 3rd November 2011 |
| Author: | Forsyth, Mark |
| Publisher: | Icon Books |
| Format: | Ebook |
'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. 'Particularly good ... Forsyth takes words and draws us into their, and our, murky history.' William Leith, Evening Standard.
Ebook. £6.99. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..
Etymologicon was written by Forsyth, Mark and published by Icon Books
£6.99. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..