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Forsyth Mark: The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK, READ BY HUGH DENNIS The Horologicon (or book of hours) gives you the most extraordinary words in the English language, arranged according to the hour of the day when you really need them. Do you wake up feeling rough? Then you're philogrobolized. Pretending to work? That's fudgelling, which may lead to rizzling if you feel sleepy after lunch, though by dinner time…

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

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organized 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…