The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language Macmillan Children's Books a once-famous actress

a once-famous actress

but what about the other nine million

they have been immortalized by Hollywood

Sophie Dahl invites you into a delightful world where every meal is a story

starts to draw the attention of the others

The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language Macmillan Children's Books a once-famous actressThe Etymologicon springs from Mark Forsyth's Inky Fool blog on the strange connections between words. It's an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language, taking in monks and monkeys, film buffs and buffaloes, and explaining precisely what the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening.