Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon the English Language
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Gibbs Smith, Publisher
ISBN-10
0941711811
ISBN-13
9780941711814
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50953703
Product Key Features
Book Title
Anguished English : an Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon the English Language
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
General
Illustrator
Yes, Thompson, Bill
Genre
Humor
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
6 Oz
Item Length
6.8 in
Item Width
4.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-287703
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
428.00207
Table Of Content
INTRODUCTION.....vii I. SCHOOLISHNESS Student Bloopers Win Pullet Surprises.....3 The World According to Student Bloopers.....7 Excuses, Excuses.....16 II. THE BLUNDERFUL WORLD OF BLOOPERS Disorder in the Court!.....21 Accidental Bloopers.....27 Wholly Holy Bloopers.....31 It's an Ad, Ad, Ad, Ad, World.....37 Signs of the Times.....41 Welfare Bloopers Fare Well.....47 Stop the Presses!.....49 Two-Headed Headlines.....56 III. INSPIRED GIBBERISH Modern Day Malapropisms.....69 Mixed-Up Metaphors.....77 An Irish Bull is Always Pregnant.....82 Goldwynisms and Berraisms.....87 Lost In Translation.....93 IV. GRAMMER GAFFES Mangling Modifers.....101 References Wanted.....105 Laffing at Mispellings.....109 Howta Reckanize American Slurvian.....114
Synopsis
Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our common language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed-Up Metaphors . . . from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers . . . it's a collection that will leave you roaring with delight and laughter., Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our common language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed-Up Metaphors . . . from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers . . . it's a collection that will leave you roaring with delight and laughter. Help wanteds: Wanted: Unmarried girls to pick fresh fruit and produce at night. Two-Headed Headlines: Grandmother of eight makes hole in one Doctor testifies in horse suit. Modern-Day Malapropisms: I suffer from a deviant septum., Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our common language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed-Up Metaphors . . . from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers . . . it's a collection that will leave you roaring with delight and laughter. Help wanteds: Wanted: Unmarried girls to pick fresh fruit and produce at night. Two-Headed Headlines: Grandmother of eight makes hole in one! Doctor testifies in horse suit. Modern-Day Malapropisms: I suffer from a deviant septum.
LC Classification Number
PN6231.E74L4 2006
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