Word Wizard: Super Bloopers, Rich Reflections, and Other Acts of Word MagicSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 1 квіт. 2007 р. - 272 стор. After a multi-decade career of stimulating readers to appreciate and laugh at the glories and oddities of our English language, beloved language maven Richard Lederer has collected his very best and most popular pieces in Word Wizard. In this career-capping anthology the reader will find essays that enlighten, inspire, and tickle the funny bone. |
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... Language More Anguished English The Play of Words Pun & Games Puns Spooken Here The Revenge of Anguished English Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay ( with Richard Dowis ) The Word Circus Word Play Crosswords , volumes 1 and 2 ( with Gayle Dean ) ...
... English language - Errors of usage - Humor . I. Title . PN6231.E74L46 2006 428.002'07 - dc22 First Edition : April 2006 D 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 2005054417 To my agent , Robin Rue , for helping me.
... Language 39 In Praise of English 48 A Declaration of Linguistic Independence 64 The Case for Short Words The Way We Word 76 70 Sound and Sense 85 93 Stamp Out Fadspeak ! Crazy English English Is a Crazy Language The Antics of Semantics ...
... English , " " The Case for Short Words , and " A Man of Fire - New Words " from The Miracle of Language ( 1991 ) ; “ Sound and Sense , " " Beautiful English " ( folded into " Sound and Sense " ) , " English Is a Crazy Language , " " The ...
... English teacher in Kansas reported that one of her students had written , " Eat you , Brutus ! " in the very same ... language is the most deeply human of inventions . Words and people are inextricably bound together . Whether the ground of ...
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The Loom of Language | 37 |
Crazy English | 99 |
The Write Way | 139 |
The Joys of Lex | 179 |
Making the Alphabet Dance | 219 |
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Word Wizard: Super Bloopers, Rich Reflections, and Other Acts of Word Magic Richard Lederer Обмежений попередній перегляд - 2007 |