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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... grow boobs on their necks . Magna Carta provided that no free man should be hanged twice for the same offense . People performed morality plays , about ghosts , goblins , and other mythical creatures . In midevil times most of the ...
... grown accustomed to her face , " in My Fair Lady . " Return December , bad dress unknown " is a mondegreen for " Return to sender , address unknown , " and " Don't cry for me , Marge and Tina " a mondegreen for " Don't cry for me , Ar ...
... and words from the Bible . Battalions of children have grown up singing about an ophthalmalogically challenged ursine named Gladly- " the cross - eyed bear . " Our Father , Art , in heaven , Harold be 19 JOSÉ , CAN YOU SEE ?
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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 |