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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language Audiobook

Name: The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language Audiobook
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Author: Mark Forsyth
ISBN: 9781469028811

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Read By: Don Hagen Publisher: Recorded Books: Gildan Audio Listen Time: 7.00 hours at 1.0x Speed 4.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.50 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: April 2014 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781469028811

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03:46 minutes

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Publisher Description

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-tə-‘mä-lä-ji-kän is:

Witty wi-tē: Full of clever humor
Erudite er-ə-ˌdīt: Showing knowledge
Ribald ri-bəld: 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.

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About Mark Forsyth

Mark Forsyth 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. Forsyth is the creator of The Inky Fool, a blog about words, phrases, grammar, rhetoric, and prose. He lives in the United Kingdom.

About Don Hagen

Don Hagen has been behind the microphone since fifth grade. He is a nine-time winner of the Peer Award for narration/voice-over and twice winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award. He has also been heard in radio and television commercials and documentaries. In addition to his freelance voice work, he is a member of the audiobook narration team at the Library of Congress.