‘Crickey, but this is addictive,’ Matthew Parris on The Etymologicon

Posted on 2011/10/14 , tagged as

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Mark Forsyth’s book The Etymologicon was the leader in Matthew Parris’ column in The Times yesterday. The Etymologicon – subtitled a circular journey through the connections between words – is published by Icon in November.

Apart from being pleased with the ‘extraordinary package’ Mark sent him (we don’t want to give it away but it included a magnifying glass and a walnut), Matthew Parris went on to quote some of the examples of bizarre word connection from The Etymologicon, concluding:  ‘…and I’m hooked on Mark’s book.’

Find out more about the book here.

It will also be released as an ebook in PDF and EPUB form, and you can pre-order your copy for Kindle.