Mark Forsyth's Gemel Edition: A Box Set Containing the Etymologicon and the Horologicon: Written

by Mark Forsyth

‘Gemel’ is an old English word meaning ‘twin’ – Mark Forsyth’s Gemel Edition brings together a Sunday Times Number One bestseller and its highly anticipated sequel in a beautiful, stylish box set which is ideal as a gift.

The Etymologicon springs from Mark Forsyth’s Inky Fool blog about the strange connections between words. The Horologicon – which means ‘a book of things appropriate to each hour’ - follows a day in the life of unusual, beautiful and forgotten English words.

Genres: Nonfiction, Language, Reference

Hardcover

First published November 1, 2012

About the author

Mark Forsyth is a writer, journalist and blogger. Every job he’s ever had, whether as a ghost-writer or proof-reader or copy-writer, has been to do with words. He started The Inky Fool blog in 2009 and now writes a post almost every day. The blog has received worldwide attention and enjoys an average of 4,000 hits per week.

Mr. Forsyth currently resides in London.

Reviews

[Terrance · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderfully light-hearted take on the more obscure elements of the English language. For anyone who has a passing interest in English this is well worth reading when you have a moment to spare.

[Kristine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Etymologicon was good, Horologicon less so unless you are really into obscure words no one uses anymore

[Zhang Chiahou · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short book is for anyone interested in words of the English language - where they come from and what are other words related to it.

Did you know that the word tank (military vehicle) arose because of a Churchillian deception when ordering his engineers to build a 'landship' to augment the infantry. But to mislead the enemy they called it a water tank for Russia. Over time this got shortened to 'tank'!

And did you know that California was initially a fictitious land, then remotely linked to the Caliphate and so forth.

[Krollo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing tales of etymology, filled with wondrous factoids and really everything I could want in a book. Would read again.