Forsyth, M: Horologicon
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 noi 2016
Mark Forsyth presents a delightfully eccentric day in the life of unusual, beautiful and forgotten English words.
From uhtceare in the hours before dawn through to dream drumbles at bedtime, The Horologicon gives you the extraordinary lost words you never knew you needed.
Wake up feeling rough? Then you’re philogrobolized. Pretending to work? That’s fudgelling (which may lead to rizzling if you feel sleepy after lunch). A Radio 4 Book of the Week, The Horologicon is an eye-opening, page-turning celebration of the English language at its most endearingly arcane.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781785781711
ISBN-10: 1785781715
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 126 x 203 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Icon Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1785781715
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 126 x 203 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Icon Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recenzii
'A delightfully eccentric … illuminating new book.'
'Whether you are out on the pickaroon or ogo-pogoing for a bellibone, The Horologicon is a lexical lamppost.'
'Reading The Horologicon in one sitting is very tempting.'
'Whether you are out on the pickaroon or ogo-pogoing for a bellibone, The Horologicon is a lexical lamppost.'
'Reading The Horologicon in one sitting is very tempting.'
Notă biografică
Born in London in 1977, Mark Forsyth (a.k.a The Inky Fool) was given a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary as a christening present and has never looked back. His book The Etymologicon was a Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller, and his TED Talk 'What's a snollygoster?' has had more than half a million views. He has also written a specially commissioned essay 'The Unknown Unknown: Bookshops and the Delight of Not Getting What You Wanted' for Independent Booksellers Week and the introduction for the new edition of the Collins English Dictionary. He lives in London with his dictionaries, and blogs at blog.inkyfool.com.