Friday, 2 September 2011

Egotheists and Interviews


One up from an egotist is an egomaniac. One up from an egomaniac is an egotheist, which the OED defines as the (mystical) identification of oneself with the Deity. One up from an egotheist is a blogger who posts a link to a magazine article about himself.

That's me.

Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.

You see, The Bookseller magazine did an interview with me because of the my book, The Etymologicon, which is coming out in November (but you can order it now). So if you're as obsessed with me as I am, click on this link. I do lots of explaining of funny words and the like and the interviewer was quite unnecessarily nice about me.

I should also mention that the OED says of the word interview:

In early times, esp. a formal or ceremonial meeting of princes or great persons

Me. Me. Me. Me. Me!

Buy me.


at

7 comments:

  1. dmitriyk2 September 2011 at 14:19

    Nice.

    Any idea when (or if...) this'll be available for pre-order on Amazon US?

    ReplyDelete
  2. Fran Hill2 September 2011 at 14:27

    Good interview. Your book will do well, I'm sure.

    ReplyDelete
  3. M.H. Forsyth2 September 2011 at 14:32

    dmitriyk,

    I'm not sure. It is there on the US site (here's a link), but doesn't appear to be pre-orderable. I'll try and find out for you.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Martin Willoughby2 September 2011 at 15:24

    Nearly as bad bad as bloggers who link to their book on Amazon. :)

    ReplyDelete
  5. Anonymous3 September 2011 at 19:00

    Caunny wait tae git ma hons on yer book.

    Menzies

    ReplyDelete
  6. Kelly Daniel4 September 2011 at 17:40

    I had imagined that you wore a smoking jacket and smoked a pipe and had enormous mutton chops. That disappointment won't stop me buying the book for my father when the time comes.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Anonymous8 May 2013 at 14:07

    I and I no ego, I and I no deity, I and I am. You make false claims to be short, you are not a true egotheist, you are a ego.

    ReplyDelete