The Etymologicon

A new illustrated hardback edition of the The Sunday Times Number Onebestseller and Radio 4 Book of the Week./p>p>Combines the original text with stunning illustrations- witty, informative and visually beautiful./p>p>Published on the tenth anniversary of the original edition./p>p>Mark Forsyth has made etymology cool and the talking point of tens of thousands of people. TCM sales of his books now exceed 250,000 copies in the UK.br>/p>

'The subtitle ... 'A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language' ... is a misdescription. It is not a stroll; it is a plunge on a toboggan where the only way to stop is to fall off.'

Autorentext
Mark Forsyth is a writer, journalist and blogger. His book The Etymologicon was a Sunday Times Number One Bestseller and his TED Talk 'What's a snollygoster?' has had more than half a million views. He is also the author of The Horologicon and The Elements of Eloquence, and wrote a specially commissioned essay The Unknown Unknown for Independent Booksellers Week. He lives in London with his dictionaries, and blogs at blog.inkyfool.com.

Klappentext
What does organised crime have to do with church organs? And what's the connection between blank cheques and check mate?

Zusammenfassung
**THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER** 'Witty and erudite ... stuffed with the kind of arcane information that nobody strictly needs to know, but which is a pleasure to learn nonetheless.' Nick Duerden, Independent. 'Particularly good ... Forsyth takes words and draws us into their, and our, murky history.' William Leith, Evening Standard. The Etymologicon is an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language. What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces? Mark Forsyth's riotous celebration of the idiosyncratic and sometimes absurd connections between words is a classic of its kind: a mine of fascinating information and a must-read for word-lovers everywhere. 'Highly recommended' Spectator.

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