
The Horologicon
A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
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Mark Forsyth
Do you wake up feeling rough? Then you’re philogrobolized. Find yourself pretending to work? That’s fudgelling. And this could lead to rizzling, if you feel sleepy after lunch. Though you are sure to become a sparkling deipnosopbist by dinner. Just don’t get too vinomadefied; a drunk dinner companion is never appreciated. The Horologicon (or book of hours) contains the most extraordinary words in the English language, arranged according to what hour of the day you might need them. From Mark Forsyth, the author of the number-one international best seller The Etymologicon comes an audiobook of weird words for familiar situations. From ante-jentacular to snudge by way of quafftide and wamblecropt, at last you can say, with utter accuracy, exactly what you mean.
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#humorous #witty #educational #tagsgiving #sweepstake
Funny!
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Writer and narrator dynamic duo
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The humorous life of words.
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A Book Needing A 2nd go just for fun.
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Funny funny fun fun.
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So, this wasn't a high-star book for me, but I think my lack of engagement was my own fault and don't want to drag down the rating by posting low.
Better to sample in sips than to gulp down
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The idea here is to tell the story of lost, archaic, obsolete words. The story unfolds as a book of hours, each hour of the day suggesting groups of words that follow the activities a normal working stiff would undertake during a typical day. For example, 8 AM is for dressing and breakfast, 9 PM is for drinking, 11 PM is for stumbling home after drinking. That is Forsyth's genius idea -- these lost words are not always that interesting, but the format (after the first chapter) keeps it interesting.
For me, the best categories are those that include recognizable words (e.g. elf-locks for bedhead), are euphemistic (e.g. a list of two hundred euphemisms for drunkenness compiled by none other than Benjamin Franklin, and lots of others for bodily functions and romance), or are onomatopoeic (e.g. zwodder, the stupefied state you are in just after you wake up). For some, only occasionally for me, lost words with recognizable Greek or Latin roots are of some interest.
Best of all are more recent words that have passed into obscurity or obsolescence but are still recognizable (at least to someone of my age) through pop culture, like old movies and music -- 1950s slang, WWII army slang, Runyonesque slang, and Cab Calloway's Hepster Dictionary. Unfortunately, there is too little of this, and way too much from the distant past that is virtually impossible to appreciate in audio where you don't really know what is being said).
Overall, I'm giving Forsyth four stars for the way he has crafted this into a storyline, but I'm only going three stars overall because of the dreary first chapter and successive sections that are equally opaque. The narration is excellent in conveying the sense of humor that makes this effort worthwhile in the first place. The only caveat is that Forsyth's sense of humor relies heavily on puns and groaners, which is fine by me, but may not be for others.
Listen to It Start to Finish
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Captivating in a nerdy kind of way
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Would you consider the audio edition of The Horologican to be better than the print version?
I think WhisperSync would be great for this so you can see and hear the words for better retention.Would you recommend The Horologican to your friends? Why or why not?
My friends aren't interested in these topics but if I found anyone who was I'd definitely bring Mark Forsyth and his books into the conversation.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Unlike his book on entomology I did need a break from this one but only once. Still a great listen.If only there were words to describe Mark Forsyth
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Delightful
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