The Etymologicon

What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces? The Etymologicon springs from Mark Forsyth's Inky Fool blog on the strange connections between words. It's an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language, taking in monks and monkeys, film buffs and buffaloes, and explaining precisely what the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening.

ISBN 1848313071   Pages 272 ISBN13 9781848313071 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 408 Publisher Icon Books Ltd   Published in Duxford Imprint Icon Books Ltd   Height (mm) 198 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 129 Publication date 03 Nov 2011   Spine width (mm) 20 DEWEY 422   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

'I'm hooked on Forsyth's book - Crikey, but this is addictive' -- Mathew Parris The Times 'Kudos should go to Mark Forsyth, author of The Etymologicon - Clearly a man who knows his onions, Mr Forsyth must have worked 19 to the dozen, spotting red herrings and unravelling inkhorn terms, to bestow this boon - a work of the first water, to coin a phrase.' Daily Telegraph 'This year's must-have stocking filler - the angel on the top of the tree, the satsuma in the sock, the threepenny bit in the plum pudding, the essential addition to the library in the smallest room is Mark Forsyth's The Etymologicon.' -- Ian Sansom Guardian 'This witty book liberates etymology from the dusty pages of the dictionary and brings it alive.' -- Good Book Guide 'The Etymologicon contains fascinating facts' Daily Mail 'One of the books of the year. It is too enjoyable for words.' -- Henry Coningsby Waterstones Watford 'From Nazis and film buffs to heckling and humble pie, the obscure origins of commonly-used words and phrases are explained.' -- Daily Telegraph

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Version	Price	Published	Edition
Paperback	£8.99	2012
Audio Cd	£15.00	2012