| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (420 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Don Hagen. |
| Summary |
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?-'mä-lä-ji-kän) 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. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
English language -- Etymology.
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| Added Author |
Hagen, Don, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781469028811 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1469028816 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11212751 |
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