Wednesday, 3 July 2013

The Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth

Forsyth meanders delightfully through the English language in a completely idiosyncratic and entertaining way, a perfect book for anyone who goes to look up a word in a dictionary and, like me, gets completely sidetracked by the other interesting words on the way.  The English language with all its idioms and history is a byzantine thing and Forsyth is a delighted child in a candy shop of words.

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