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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... women of lofty stature engage their mouths without first putting their brains in gear . Secretary of Defense Donald ... woman . " Gray Davis , the governor whom Arnold re- placed , proclaimed , “ My vision is to make the most diverse ...
... women wore a calasiris , a loose - fitting garment which started just be- low the breasts which hung to the floor . The Bible is full of interesting caricatures . In the first book of the Bible , Guinness , Adam and Eve were created ...
... women . King Harold mustarded his troops before the Battle of Hastings . Joan of Arc was burnt to a steak and cannonized by Bernard Shaw . People contracted the blue bonnet plague , which caused them to grow boobs on their necks . Magna ...
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תוכן
The Loom of Language | 37 |
Crazy English | 99 |
The Write Way | 139 |
The Joys of Lex | 179 |
Making the Alphabet Dance | 219 |