Mark Forsyth explains the origins of Valentine’s Day

by Icon Books on February 14th, 2013
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Mark Forsyth explains the Chaucerian origins of Valentine’s Day in the video below, and why love is literally in the air…

The Horologicon is full of surprising and amusing #lostwords for every situation. Here’s a particularly appropriate one for today:

Cataglottism: Mark Forsyth explains the origins of Valentine's Day

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