The Revenge Of Anguished English

Author : Richard Lederer
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312334949
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Revenge of Anguished English written by Richard Lederer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-11-13 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anguished language expert provides the latest collection of unfortunate typos, tragically misplaced modifiers, and other hilarious language snafus.

Author : Richard Lederer
Publisher : Dell
ISBN 13 : 0440215773
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book More Anguished English written by Richard Lederer and published by Dell. This book was released on 1994-09-04 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the joy of the best-selling Anguished English is back! 2,000 all-new side-splitting flubs, fluffs, and hilariously funny accidental assaults on our language.

Author : Richard Lederer
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 9780941711814
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anguished English written by Richard Lederer and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2006 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of humorous language bloopers including misspelled words, bungled translations, mangled modifiers, and much more.

Author : Cristiano Furiassi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1614514682
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pseudo-English written by Cristiano Furiassi and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on how English, through false Anglicisms, influences several European languages, including Italian, Spanish, French, German, Danish and Norwegian. Studies on false Gallicisms are also included, thus showing how English may be affected by false borrowings.

Author : Richard Lederer
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 1423612035
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Get Thee to a Punnery written by Richard Lederer and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2014-02-06 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get Thee to a Punnery proves that the pun is mightier than the sword . . . and here are sidesplitting puns of every color, stripe and persuasion to suit every whim. Even if you don't know that your humerus is your funny bone, this is the book for you. The Time of the Signs: On a diaper service truck: Rock a dry baby. On a plumber's service truck: A flush is better than a full house. Show me where Stalin is buried and I'll show you a communist plot! -Edgar Bergen Quiche me-I'm French! Hangover-the wrath of grapes Work is the ruin of the drinking classes. -Oscar Wilde

Author : Richard Lederer
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 1423622782
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Trivia written by Richard Lederer and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn fascinating facts about the history, culture, leaders, and heroes of our great nation in this comprehensive volume of U.S. trivia. This land is your land—so you should know a thing or two about it. American Trivia is chock full of fascinating facts, historical riddles, and puzzling quizzes about the people, places, and events that make this nation great. Divided into sections on national origins, presidents, historical figures, and more, this book offers a crash course in essential Americana. In these pages, you will learn the origin of the national anthem, stories about national monuments such as the Liberty Bell and Statue of Liberty, fascinating information about the country’s heroes and inventors, and more. As co-authors Richard Lederer and Caroline McCullagh demonstrate, American trivia is anything but trivial.

Author : Richard Lederer
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 9781423610540
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Presidential Trivia written by Richard Lederer and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the beloved Richard Lederer comes another kind of trivia book-Presidential Trivia. In it you'll find all the details about the lives of the United States presidents. It answers such questions as : Who was the first president to be assassinated? Who was the first to be impeached? It also answers less important but cerainly interesting questions such as: Who was our fattest president? Our Tallest? Who played golf? Who played poker? Filled with games, anagrams, poems, speeches, and an abundance of tidbits, details, and fascinating facts, this book is perfect for the novice to the history buff.

Author : Richard Lederer
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1429906456
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Word Wizard written by Richard Lederer and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. From his hilarious bloopers to his hymns of praise to the English language, these essays are the brightest gems of a storied career. Word Wizard includes a new introduction, prefaces for each essay, sprightly verse, and material never before published in Leader's language books. With classic chapters such as "The World According to Student Bloopers," "English Is a Crazy Language," and "The Case for Short Words," and shiny new essays such as "The Way We Word" and "Add Wealth to Your Vocabulary," Word Wizard is sure to delight language lovers and Lederer fans everywhere.

Author : Richard Lederer
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 142361058X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Puns Spooken Here written by Richard Lederer and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2014-02-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Q. What's a skeleton's favorite food? A. Spare ribs. Q. What was the witch's favorite subject in school? A. Spelling. Q. What kind of horse does a ghost ride? A. A night mare. Q. How does an exorcist keep in shape? A. He rides an exorcycle.

Author : Richard Lederer
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 9781423609957
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Have Yourself a Punny Little Christmas written by Richard Lederer and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Q. Why did Frosty decide to live in the middle of the ocean? A. Because snowman is an island. Q. What do you call a bunch of parents standing in line to buy their daughters a popular doll? A. A Barbie queue. Q. An opinion survey in Alaska is called what? A. A north poll. Q. When you cross a sheep with a cicada, what do you get? A. Baa, humbug!