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is a fun and thought provoking book to read one or two words at a time Wonderful collection of briefpages essays looking at the etymologyhistory ofor so words Reveals often the depth of meaning that has been lost in common usage or the inter relatedness of words and sometimes even how the original meaning of a word is opposite of its current use The prose of the author is in keeping with the nature and tone of the book and makes the read even enjoyable If you love words If you love how they work and how they are formed If you are a grammarian of any sort you will love this book Esolen also adds to this often thought dry exercise of looking at words with a magnifying glass his own wit and charm Delightful Similarly its hard not to love this book which employs a diverse cast of characters ranging from CS Lewis and Emily Dickinson to Lily Munster and the Great Pumpkin to reveal the historical hilarious and even holy origins of the words we use even though many of us have forgotten what they mean Join Professor Esolen on this fun yet educational romp throughof your soon to be favorite words Learn how and why to say nothing of when and where to properly use the word“drunken” Hint not to relay the fact that“The bridegrooms mother has drunken awhole bottle of champagne and is now drawing flowers

on the floor with her lipstick” Appreciate why you dont want Lily Munster to dust your furnitureat least not in theKings English And seethe along with Esolen and other lovers of beauty in language and liturgy whenyou see how a mighty angel of God is reduced to the status of a mere messenger boythrough bad word choices Again and again youll find yourself agreeing with Esolen who channeling his inner Boris Badunov Bullwinkle the Mooses nemesis for the philistines and milennials among you reminds us that “ Eees good to know grammar Eees delight to play with style Eees no” Yes it is And it also edifying to see just how rooted our language is in the Christian faith as rooted as once was our culture Esolens delightful tour of the English language and its roots gives us a window into our shared heritage that sadly weve largely forgotten We wont tell you what the word referenced in the first sentence above is but dont be it Buy this book Youll be glad you did A tipsy review The raucus Dr Esolen is an extremely frustrating man I read this book mainly bc i love etymology and the concepts he sets forth so well in the introduction concerning the Word and words It was possibly under divine inspiration that I read the introduction and wrote my first real short story plot However his uncalled for and out of context jabs at feminism were annoying as Hell Like I would read them ahead of time just to get them over with He made some good points that i would definitely argue with Has a lot of boomer humor Admittedly a self indulgent work a romp through the English language which was hard to follow What's the point of publishing a romp if your readers can't follow you But anyways Enjoyed some meditations and learning about etymology Hated the rest Glad it's overEdits for spelling Anthony M Esolen is a professor of English at Thomas More College and noted translator of classic works as well as a popular writer for magazines like the Claremont and Touchstone of which he is a senior editor He has translated Dante's Divine Comedy Lucretius' On the Nature of Things and Toruato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered He also writes a column for the Inside Catholic websiteAf.