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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language [Audiobook]
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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language [Audiobook] by Mark Forsyth
English | March 14, 2014 | ASIN: B00J0DY3LU, ISBN: 1469090945, 1469059401 | M4B@62 kbps | 7 hrs 1 min | 95 MB
Narrator: Don Hagen
English | March 14, 2014 | ASIN: B00J0DY3LU, ISBN: 1469090945, 1469059401 | M4B@62 kbps | 7 hrs 1 min | 95 MB
Narrator: Don Hagen
In the tradition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves, The Etymologicon is an engaging and humorous exploration of English words and their origins - and already a #1 international bestseller!
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 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.