tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post559239767341445329..comments2024-03-26T18:01:57.609+00:00Comments on Inky Fool: The Etymologicon in the AmericasM.H. Forsythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-54151071275764853152012-10-24T11:27:38.834+01:002012-10-24T11:27:38.834+01:00I am too weak.I am too weak.M.H. Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-64075155357205895652012-10-24T11:26:06.174+01:002012-10-24T11:26:06.174+01:00Glad you liked it.Glad you liked it.M.H. Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-39455952070956796952012-10-22T23:29:53.503+01:002012-10-22T23:29:53.503+01:00A New World Testament: I came across your book &qu...A New World Testament: I came across your book "Etymologicon" at a bookstore (that rare phenom - an actual brick and mortar edifice!) in Washington, DC, while I was looking (in vain) for a copy of David Weinberger's "Too Big To Know." Decidedly joy-filled at finding your book, I hunted you down across the vast expanses of the fabled internet in order to consume your wit and wisdom regularly. Hoo-AH!boromaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02675528140006697597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-56082329557269740982012-10-21T17:01:18.711+01:002012-10-21T17:01:18.711+01:00Interesting really how your odd welsh word slips i...Interesting really how your odd welsh word slips itself into other languages..<br />Can you explain the similarities between Welsh and French? E.Angharadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-77041177437991307972012-10-09T07:24:18.763+01:002012-10-09T07:24:18.763+01:00And Berkeley Hunt is cockney rhyming slang...
Lau...And Berkeley Hunt is cockney rhyming slang...<br /><br />Laurie - StourbridgeRantBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13425410359312882937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-82113085543265159492012-10-08T14:46:49.994+01:002012-10-08T14:46:49.994+01:00Congrats on your US début! I too have had the exp...Congrats on your US début! I too have had the experience of having my UK book published under a new cover here, by Penguin (no birch woods for me, alas) -- but I do miss the UK cover! Where have whimsy and ornament gone? Apparently we here are blockheads in need of block letters, and sans serif too!Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-51815761770128666342012-10-08T13:10:31.444+01:002012-10-08T13:10:31.444+01:00My fault. They asked me my age and I said that I w...My fault. They asked me my age and I said that I was 25, not counting weekends. That's utterly true, but I was probably being much too obscure.M.H. Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-1081924914683473732012-10-08T13:09:38.141+01:002012-10-08T13:09:38.141+01:00"25-year-old author"? What have you bee..."25-year-old author"? What have you been telling them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com