Word Wizard: Super Bloopers, Rich Reflections, and Other Acts of Word MagicSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 1 באפר׳ 2007 - 272 עמודים 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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... mind a certain serial riddle : What do you call a person who speaks three lan- guages ? Trilingual . What do you call a person who speaks two languages ? Bilingual . And what do you call a person who speaks one lan- guage ? American ...
... mind . ” What came back was " Invisible insane . " A similar computer was given the task of translating into Russian and then back into English the bromide " The spirit is willing , but the flesh is weak . " The result was " The wine is ...
הגעת למגבלת הצפייה עבור ספר זה מדוע?.
הגעת למגבלת הצפייה עבור ספר זה מדוע?.
הגעת למגבלת הצפייה עבור ספר זה מדוע?.
תוכן
The Loom of Language | 37 |
Crazy English | 99 |
The Write Way | 139 |
The Joys of Lex | 179 |
Making the Alphabet Dance | 219 |