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

The Etymologicon (e-t?-‘mä-lä-ji-kan) is:*Witty (wi-te): Full of clever humor*Erudite (er-?-dit): Showing knowledge*Ribald (ri-?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.