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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... head . The Renaissance was an age in which more individuals felt the value of their human being . Martin Luther was nailed to the church door at Wittenberg for selling papal indulgences . He died a horrible death , being excommunicated ...
... heads of Europe were trembling in their shoes . Then the Spanish gorillas came down from the hills and nipped at Napoleon's flanks . Napoleon became ill with bladder problems and was very tense and unrestrained . He wanted an heir to in ...
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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 |