Word Wizard: Super Bloopers, Rich Reflections, and Other Acts of Word MagicSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2007 M04 1 - 272 pages 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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Super Bloopers, Rich Reflections, and Other Acts of Word Magic Richard Lederer. Lex of Confessions of a Verbivore Add Wealth to Your Vocabulary 181 190 Words , Words , Words 198 Weird Words 201 Conan the Grammarian 206 Inky Pinky 212 ...
... Weird Words " from my fore- word to Erin McKean's More Weird and Wonderful Words ( 2003 ) . AARP : “ The Way We Word ” from AARP TheMagazine March / April 2005 ; St. Martin's Press : " José , Can You See ? ” and “ American History ...
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Contents
The Loom of Language | 37 |
Crazy English | 99 |
The Write Way | 139 |
The Joys of Lex | 179 |
Making the Alphabet Dance | 219 |