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Mark Forsyth

The Etymologicon

A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

Buch

This perfect gift for readers, writers, and literature majors alike unearths the quirks of the English language. For example, do you know why a mortgage is literally a death pledge? Why guns have girls' names? Why salt is related to soldier? Discover the answers to all of these etymological questions and more in this fascinating book for fans of of Eats, Shoots & Leaves.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 cha… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-425-26079-1
  • EAN: 9780425260791
  • Produktnummer: 12475675
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
  • Seitenangabe: 304 S.

Über den Autor


Mark Forsyth is a writer, journalist, proofreader, ghostwriter, and pedant. He was given a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary as a christening present and has never looked back. He is the creator of The Inky Fool, a blog about words, phrases, grammar, rhetoric, and prose.

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