Richard Lederer

The Bride of Anguished English (eBook, ePUB)

A Bonanza of Bloopers, Blunders, Botches, and Boo-Boos

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For years wordsmith and punster Richard Lederer has charmed and delighted fans with his bestselling "Anguished English" series. In his funniest book yet, readers will again cherish the author's latest chronicle of the goofs and gaffes and fluffs and flubs of our anguished language. And the best part? Everything in here actually occurred! Nothing has been made up!

Bloopers from foreign restaurants include:
* "Our wines leave you nothing to hope for."
* "As for the tripe served here, you will be singing its praises to your grandchildren on your deathbed."

Excerpts from students' twisted history papers include:
* "World War I made the people so sad that it brought on the Great Depression."
* "America was founded by four fathers. Delegates from the original 13 states formed the Contented Congress. Thomas Jefferson, a Virgin, and Benjamin Franklin were two singers of the Decoration of Independence, which says that all men are cremated equal and are well endowed by their creator."

Hilarious illustrations by Jim McLean make The Bride of Anguished English the perfect book for anyone who loves English with all its blunders and bloopers and quips and quirks.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781429906395
• Artikelnr.: 39942360

Autorenporträt

Richard Lederer is the author of more than 3,000 books and articles about language and humor. Dr. Lederer's syndicated column, ''''Looking at Language,'''' appears in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. He has been elected International Punster of the Year and been profiled in magazines as diverse as the New Yorker, People, and the National Enquirer. He is a language columnist for the Toastmaster, Pages, and the Farmers' Almanac and hosts ''''A Way With Words'''' on public radio each weekend. In 2002, Richard Lederer was named Golden Gavel winner by Toastmasters International.