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Wambling with Words
Sep. 22nd, 2013 02:34 pmApr 2013
The Horologicon - Mark Forsyth - Icon Books, 2012
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Okay, so reading this book cover to cover rather than dipping into it as suggested in the introduction was probably a mistake. And to be fair, it’s not the author's fault that I can no longer readily recall the majority of what I read. But it does make this book a bit frustrating. I love using obscure but appropriate words, and this book is full of them, handily arranged by the time of day at which they are most likely to be useful. But I read it two months ago and I can barely remember a single one of them. Arghh!
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The Horologicon - Mark Forsyth - Icon Books, 2012
* * * *
Okay, so reading this book cover to cover rather than dipping into it as suggested in the introduction was probably a mistake. And to be fair, it’s not the author's fault that I can no longer readily recall the majority of what I read. But it does make this book a bit frustrating. I love using obscure but appropriate words, and this book is full of them, handily arranged by the time of day at which they are most likely to be useful. But I read it two months ago and I can barely remember a single one of them. Arghh!
( Read more... )