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Anonyponymous : The Forgotten People Behind Everyday Words by John Bemelmans Marciano (2009, Hardcover)

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An encyclopedia of linguistic biographies: the witty, illustrated stories of the Earl of Sandwich, Charles Boycott, and other historical figures better known as words than people. Eponymous, adj. Giving one's name to a person, place, or thing. Anonymous, adj. Anonymous. Anonyponymous, adj. Anonymous and eponymous. The Earl of Sandwich, fond of salted beef and paired slices of toast, found a novel way to eat them all together. Etienne de Silhouette, a former French finance minister, was so notoriously cheap that his name became a byword for chintzy practices--such as substituting a darkened outline for a proper painted portrait. Both bequeathed their names to the language, but neither man is remembered. In this clever and funny book, John Bemelmans Marciano illuminates the lives of these anonyponymous persons. A kind of encyclopedia of linguistic biographies, the book is arranged alphabetically, giving the stories of everyone from Abu "algorithm" Al-Khwarizmi to Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. Along with them you'll find the likes of Harry Shrapnel, Joseph-Ignace Guillotine, and many other people whose vernacular legacies have long outlived their memory. Accented by amusing line portraits and short etymological essays on subjects like "superhero eponyms," Anonyponymous is both a compendium of trivia and a window into the fascinating world of etymology. Carefully curated and unfailingly witty, this book is both a fantastic gift for language lovers and a true pleasure to read.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1596916532
ISBN-13
9781596916531
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72682284

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Author
John Bemelmans Marciano
Publication Name
Anonyponymous : the Forgotten People Behind Everyday Words
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
160 Pages

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Item Length
7.9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
8.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Illustrated by
Marciano, John Bemelmans
Target Audience
Trade
Topic
Linguistics / General, Linguistics / Etymology
Dewey Decimal
410.9
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Language Arts & Disciplines

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by theguardiangirlMay 25, 2022
Readable and FUN Book about Word Origins
Anonyponymous was a book I pulled out of the packaging and started to read. I thanked my children for sending me such a thoughtful gift. They all denied it and I realized I had purchased it for myself, so I bought one for each of them too. Super fun to read these stories very interestingly told by a gifted author. If you love English and think words are awesome, or have ever wondered how things were named the way they were, this will be a very readable book for you. I have other word origin books that were not as fun to read, more reference books. This one can be used in that way but you'll be missing out if you don't just read it, cover to cover. I started talking about it with my mom and reading her snippets. Ended up sending her one too. Lovely conversation starter/contributor stories. I especially loved the plant naming and connecting with our old friend the Earl of Sandwich, who invented something really useful because he was a gambling addict and didn't want to get the cards dirty while eating. I may read it again soon. Super fun.Read full review
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