The Thinking Human's Etymologies

By Robin Xavier Fontaine

Modern linguists have got word origins all figured out - or have they? There are scores of etymologies I would dispute, and I've selected what I believe are the fifty most compelling alternative etymologies that I've come up with.
My etymologies ring with the very truth - some reflect the darkness of human affairs, some reflect the perverse, and some are light-hearted - even jovial.
I have always found word origins amusing on my days off, and I'm the sort who can be found reading an unabridged dictionary hour upon hour upon hour. I love words and their meanings - but especially their etymologies. I hope my love of words amuses the reader, enlightens, provokes thought - I hope the readers' eyes are wide to the possible underlying meanings of words that we throw around so casually on a daily basis. A slim dictionary for the "with it" (wit) reader; most of all, certain to entertain the word-lover.

Mature content.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robin Xavier Fontaine
• Release date: Apr 24, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301687862

Robin Xavier Fontaine

I was born and raised near Montreal, Quebec, midway through the baby-boom, the second of three daughters. (How I got the middle name Xavier is a story in itself.)I started out with a disability, and eventually became a differently-abled person. I have learned in my life that with the three H's, Hope, Humor, and Humility, life offers more than enough rewards.The branches of a tree grow upward and outward, yet in life, our branches can all come back together again in a great knot, and a new tree begins growing upwards - awkward picture, isn't it? Recently I have found tranquility, love, and inspiration, and so it's as though life is beginning all over again. I hope to share my optimistic disposition with my readers; to know your limits, yet hope and strive for your dreams, is what brings out our truest humanity.I now share a Twitter account with my old ex, Robert E Vonne - check out our tweets. @robinrobin55Peace and cheers!

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