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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... original version of " The World According to Student Bloopers , " Julius Caesar expires with these immortal words upon his lips : " Tee hee , Brutus ! " Years after the publication of that fractured chronicle of the human race , an ...
... original to communicate some other meaning yet close enough that the listener or reader can connect it to the unintended meaning . I am often asked , " Do you spend all day reading newspapers , magazines , essays , and signs ? " Au ...
... original thirteen states formed the Contented Con- gress . Thomas Jefferson , a Virgin , and Benjamin Franklin were two singers of the Declaration of Independence . Franklin had gone to Boston carrying all his clothes in his pocket and ...
... original lyric , “ Ground control to Major Tom . " Herman's Hermits warbled , " There's a kind of hush all over the world tonight , ” not “ There's a can of fish all over the world tonight . " But the fish are better . And if Davy ...
... original inter- pretations of the boundaries that separate words in fresh and unconventional ways . Our patriotic songs and statements have been delightfully revised by misspelt youth : José , can you see By the Donzerly light ? Oh ...
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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 |