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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... meaning yet close enough that the listener or 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 ...
... meanings — one intended and one unwitting - and the conjunction of images sets us to laughter . Of the thousands of specimens of inspired gibberish that I've captured and put on display , my favorite is this gem that gleamed out from a ...
... meaning and imagi- nation . Try singing along with these new takes on old fa- vorites , revised by children : • Good King Wences ' car backed out On a piece of Stephen . • Deck the halls with Buddy Holly . • We three kings of porridge ...
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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 |