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. |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 63
... there be light ; and there was light .... And God called the light Day , and the darkness he called Night .... And God said , Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters .... And God called the firmament Heaven . " [ Emphasis ...
... There are known unknowns . That is to say , there are things that we know we don't know . But there are also unknown unknowns . There are things we don't know we don't know . ” California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently ...
... there is strength . " Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address while traveling from Washington to Gettysburg on the back of an envelope . On the night of April 14 , 1865 , Lincoln 13 THE WORLD ACCORDING TO STUDENT BLOOPERS.
... 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 Crockett was " killed in a bar 17 JOSÉ , CAN YOU SEE ?
... the ramrods we washed Were so gallantly steaming . And the rockets ' red glare , The bombs bursting in there , Grapefruit through the night That our flag was still rare . I pledge the pigeons to the flag Of the United 18 WORD WIZARD.
תוכן
The Loom of Language | 37 |
Crazy English | 99 |
The Write Way | 139 |
The Joys of Lex | 179 |
Making the Alphabet Dance | 219 |