The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language Audiobook (Free)

Have you any idea why…

…a mortgage is literally a loss of life pledge? …why guns have women’ titles? …why salt is related to soldier?

You’re about to find out…

The Etymologicon (e-t?-‘mä-lä-ji-kän) is:

*Witty (wi-te): Full of clever humor

*Erudite (er-?-dit): Teaching knowledge

*Ribald (ri-b?ld): Crude, offensive

The Etymologicon is a totally unauthorized guide towards the strange underpinnings of the British language. It clarifies: how you obtain from “gruntled” to “disgruntled”; why you are absolutely right to think that your meager salary barely addresses “money for sodium”; the way the biggest string of espresso shops in the globe (hint: Seattle) links to whaling in Nantucket; and what precisely the Rolling Rocks want to do with gardening.