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What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces?The Etymologicon is all about 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.It's become a classic of writing about the English language. If you're interested in etymology, you need to have read this book!
Mark Forsyth Collection 3 Books Bundle includes titles in this collection :- The Elements of Eloquence: How To Turn the Perfect English Phrase, The Horologicon: A Day''s Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language, The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the En
Springing from the popular and hilarious Inky Fool blog, Forsyth examines the strange and surprising connections between words and takes readers on a gleeful guided tour through the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language. This perfect gift for readers, writers, and literature major
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From the internationally bestselling author of The Etymologicon , a lively and fascinating exploration of how, throughout history, each civilization has found a way to celebrate, or to control, the eternal human drive to get sloshed Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink th
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From the #1 international bestselling author of The Etymologicon and The Horologicon comes an education in the art of articulation, from the King James Bible to Katy Perry... From classic poetry to pop lyrics, from Charles Dickens to Dolly Parton, even from Jesus to James Bond, Mark Forsyth explains
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