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The Etymologicon

Audiobook (Includes supplementary content)

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-dīt: 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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Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Edition: Unabridged

OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781469028828
  • File size: 202308 KB
  • Release date: November 14, 2014
  • Duration: 07:01:28

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781469028828
  • File size: 202343 KB
  • Release date: November 14, 2014
  • Duration: 07:01:25
  • Number of parts: 7

Formats

OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook

Languages

English

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-dīt: 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.


Expand title description text
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Blackstone Audio, Inc.
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781469028828
    File size: 202308 KB
    Release date: November 14, 2014
    Duration: 07:01:28

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781469028828
    File size: 202343 KB
    Release date: November 14, 2014
    Duration: 07:01:25
    Number of parts: 7

  • Creators
  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English