The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
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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?-'ma-la-ji-kan) 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..
The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.
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- Name of the Author
- Марк Форсайт
- Language
- Ukrainian
- Release date
- 2011
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