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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... readers so delight in bloopers ? One clue may come from the origin of the word itself . Blooper first appeared in American English in the mid 1920s as a description of a wounded fly ball looped just past the reach of the infielders ...
... reader can connect it to the unintended meaning . I am often asked , " Do you spend all day reading newspapers , magazines , essays , and signs ? " Au contraire . I rely on the kindness of total strangers . Sure , I happen to happen on ...
... readers especially enjoy the skewed idioms , bubble - off - plumb word choices , and ab- surdly literal translations of fractured English abroad . I too chuckle at inspired examples of global gabble , but I always hold in mind a certain ...
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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 |