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The Etymologicon a Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

An unauthorized guide to the underpinnings of the English language. Springing from writer and journalist Mark Forsyth's hugely popular blog The Inky Fool and including word-connection parlor games perfect for any word-lovers get-together, The Etymologicon is a brilliant map of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language. There's always a connection. Sometimes, it's obvious: an actor's role was once written on a roll of parchment, and cappuccinos are the same colour as the robes of a Capuchin monk. Sometimes the connection is astonishing and a little more hidden: who would have guessed that your pants and panties are named after Saint Pantaleon, the all-compassionate?

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  • "An unauthorized guide to the underpinnings of the English language. Springing from writer and journalist Mark Forsyth's hugely popular blog The Inky Fool and including word-connection parlor games perfect for any word-lovers get-together, The Etymologicon is a brilliant map of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language. There's always a connection. Sometimes, it's obvious: an actor's role was once written on a roll of parchment, and cappuccinos are the same colour as the robes of a Capuchin monk. Sometimes the connection is astonishing and a little more hidden: who would have guessed that your pants and panties are named after Saint Pantaleon, the all-compassionate?"@en
  • "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'-'mA-lA-ji-kAn) 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."@en
  • ""The Etymologicon is a completely unauthorized guide to the strange underpinnings of the English language."--Back cover."
  • "Unauthorized guide to the underpinnings of the English language."@en
  • "'I'm hooked on Forsyth's book ... Crikey, but this is addictive' - Mathew Parris, The Times. Sunday Times Bestseller and Book of the Week on Radio Four. 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."
  • "Springing from writer and journalist Mark Forsyth's hugely popular blog The Inky Fool and including word-connection parlour games perfect for any word-lovers get-together, The Etymologicon is a brilliant map of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language. There's always a connection. Sometimes, it's obvious: an actor's role was once written on a roll of parchment, and cappuccinos are the same colour as the robes of a Capuchin monk. Sometimes the connection is astonishing and a little more hidden: who would have guessed that your pants and panties are named after Saint Pantaleon, the all-compassionate?"
  • "Springing from writer and journalist Mark Forsyth's hugely popular blog The Inky Fool and including word-connection parlour games perfect for any word-lovers get-together, The Etymologicon is a brilliant map of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language. There's always a connection."
  • "What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces?"@en

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  • "The etymologicon : A circular stroll through the hidden connections of the english language"
  • "Etymologicon the Export Only: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language"
  • "The Etymologicon a Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language"@en
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  • "The Etymologicon : A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language"
  • "The Etymologicon A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language"
  • "The etymologicon a circular stroll through the hidden connections of the English language"
  • "The etymologicon a circular stroll through the hidden connections of the English language"@en
  • "The etymologicon : a circular stroll through the hidden connections of the English language"
  • "The etymologicon : a circular stroll through the hidden connections of the English language"@en

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