The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through The Hidden Connections Of The English Language

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Why is champagne the ideal drink for a campaign, what does shooting pool have to do with chickens, and why is black really white? The fascinating connections between seemingly unrelated words From the author???s blog The Inky Fool which receives 4000 visitors per week Springing from writer and journalist Mark Forsyth???s hugely popular blog The Inky Fool and including word- connection parlour games perfect for any word-lovers get-together, The Etymologicon is a brilliant map of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language. There???s always a connection. Sometimes, it???s obvious: an actor???s role was once written on a roll of parchment, and cappuccinos are the same colour as the robes of a Capuchin monk. Sometimes the connection is astonishing and a little more hidden: who would have guessed that your pants and panties are named after Saint Pantaleon, the all- Compassionate?