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Title: A Man of My Words : Reflections on the English Language by Richard Lederer ISBN: 0-312-31785-9 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 05 December, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Summary: He's Got a Million of 'Em
Comment: "Have you heard about the liberated Irish woman? Her name was Erin Go Braless."
"If planes taxi on runways, I wonder, do taxis plane on streets?"
If you think jokes like this are funny, you will love A Man of My Words. He's got a million of 'em.
Richard Lederer's latest collection of essays about language ranges from puns to world English, from Ebonics to grammar lessons. Many of these selections seem somewhat dated. For instance, he talks about the differences between American English and British English by pointing out English-isms such as "bob" for a shilling (when did they last use shillings, about 1975?), and says that in Britain, "billion" means a million million, but I believe they use it to mean a thousand million, as in America, and have for a while now. References to Jackie Gleason, "Saturday Night Live comedian" Steve Martin, and Conan the Grammarian add to the "blast from the past" feeling of this collection.
Fans of Lederer will enjoy these pieces that include a transcript of Lederer on the Jim Bohannon radio show, a discussion of the pronunciation of "nuclear," and many, many puns.
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Title: The Cunning Linguist : Ribald Riddles, Lascivious Limericks, Carnal Corn, and Other Good, Clean Dirty Fun by Richard Lederer ISBN: 0312318138 Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: 17 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Anguished English : An Anthology of Accidental Assualts Upon Our Language by Richard Lederer ISBN: 044020352X Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 05 August, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Pun and Games: Jokes, Riddles, Rhymes, Daffynitions, Tairy Fales, and More Wordplay for Kids by Richard Lederer, Dave Morice ISBN: 1556522649 Publisher: Chicago Review Press Pub. Date: July, 1996 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Get Thee to a Punnery by Richard, Lederer, Bill Thompson ISBN: 0941711080 Publisher: Wyrick & Co Pub. Date: November, 1988 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: More Anguished English : an Expose of Embarrassing Excruciating, and Egregious Errors in English by Richard Lederer ISBN: 0440215773 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 04 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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