Mark Forsyth's Etymologicon takes his own Inky Fool blog & spins it into a wonderful tapestry of that will make connections in the world around you & the English Language itself that you scarce won't believe are true. The joy of this book is seeing that they most certainly are.A hilarious, ribald & astutely witty look at the labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language, taking in monks & monkeys, film buffs & buffaloes, & explaining precisely what the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening.