The Etymologicon - 9780425260791
Un libro in lingua di Mark Forsyth edito da Berkley Pub Group, 2012
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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?-‘mä-lä-ji-kän) is:
…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?-‘mä-lä-ji-kän) 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.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Etymologicon
- Sottotitolo: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Mark Forsyth
- Editore: Berkley Pub Group
- Collana: Berkley Pub Group (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 02 Ottobre '12
- Genere: LANGUAGE ARTS and DISCIPLINES
- EAN-13: 9780425260791