Anguished English : an anthology of accidental assaults upon our language /
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| Author / Creator: | Lederer, Richard, 1938- |
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| Imprint: | Charleston : Wyrick, c1987. |
| Description: | viii, 117 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/897137 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- I. Schoolishness
- Student Bloopers Win Pullet Surprises
- The World According to Student Bloopers
- Excuses, Excuses
- II. The Blunderful World of Bloopers
- Disorder in the Court!
- Accidental Bloopers
- Wholly Holy Bloopers
- It's an Ad, Ad, Ad, Ad, World
- Signs of the Times
- Welfare Bloopers Fare Well
- Stop the Presses!
- Two-Headed Headlines
- III. Inspired Gibberish
- Modern Day Malapropisms
- Mixed-Up Metaphors
- An Irish Bull is Always Pregnant
- Goldwynisms and Berraisms
- Lost In Translation
- IV. Grammer Gaffes
- Mangling Modifers
- References Wanted
- Laffing at Mispellings
- Howta Reckanize American Slurvian