Similar Products

The Elements of Eloquence - by Mark Forsyth (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

The Fox - by Frederick Forsyth (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

A Short History of Drunkenness - by Mark Forsyth (Hardcover)

< 3 ay

Target USD

The Devil's Alternative - by Frederick Forsyth (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

The Day of the Jackal - by Frederick Forsyth (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

The Soul of Prayer - by P Forsyth (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

The Soul of Prayer - by P T Forsyth (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

No Comebacks - by Frederick Forsyth (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

Bitter Greens - by Kate Forsyth (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

Applied Machine Learning - by David Forsyth (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

Load more

Products of same category from the store

Off Ramp: God's Exit from Abuse, 3 - by Deborah Silva (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

Selling the Invisible - by Harry Beckwith (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target15.39 USD

Hot Rod Body and Chassis Builder's Guide - (Motorbooks Workshop) by Dennis W Parks (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target25.99 USD

A Whale Hunt - by Robert Sullivan (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

The Adonis Complex - by Harrison G Pope & Roberto Olivardia & Katherine A Phillips (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

When the Mississippi Ran Backwards - by Jay Feldman (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

The Writing of Fiction - by Edith Wharton (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

The First Air War - by Lee Kennett (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

Lead . . . for God's Sake! - by Todd Gongwer (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

Mission - by Ash Dykes (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

Darwin Devolves - by Michael J Behe (Paperback)

< 3 ay

Target USD

Product info

<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><b>This perfect gift for readers, writers, and literature majors alike unearths the quirks of the English language. For example, <i> </i>do</b> 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 <b><b>of <i>Eats, Shoots & Leaves. <p/></i></b></b></b><i>The Etymologicon </i>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 connects to whaling in Nantucket; and what, precisely, the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening. This witty book will awake the linguist in you and illuminate the hidden meanings behind common words and phrases, tracing their evolution through all of their surprising paths throughout history.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"The stocking filler of the season...how else to describe a book that explains the connection between Dom Perignon and <i>Mein Kampf</i>."--<i>The Observer<br></i><br>"Crikey...this is addictive!"--<i>The Times<br></i><br>"Mark Forsyth is clearly a man who knows his onions."--<i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Mark Forsyth </b>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.

Price History