Crazy English: The Ultimate Joy Ride Through Our Language

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ISBN: 9780671023232

By: Richard Lederer

Simon & Schuster / 1998 / Paperback

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The author frolics through the logic-boggling byways of our language, discovering the names for phobias you didn't know you could have, the longest words in our dictionaries, and the shortest sentence containing every letter in the alphabet. In this revised and expanded edition, Lederer adds a giggly gaggle of linguistic absurdities and unveils new chapters on misnomers, retronyms, and redundancies.

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Title: Crazy English: The Ultimate Joy Ride Through Our Language
By: Richard Lederer
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 160
Vendor: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 1998

Dimensions: 8.23 X 5.30 X 0.62 (inches)
Weight: 7 ounces
ISBN: 0671023233
ISBN-13: 9780671023232
Stock No: WW023233

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In what other language, asks Lederer, do people drive on a parkway and park in a driveway, and your nose can run and your feet can smell? In CRAZY ENGLISH, Lederer frolics through the logic-boggling byways of our language, discovering the names for phobias you didn't know you could have, the longest words in our dictionaries, and the shortest sentence containing every letter in the alphabet. You'll take a bird's-eye view of our beastly language, feast on a banquet of mushrooming food metaphors, and meet the self-reflecting Doctor Rotcod, destined to speak only in palindromes.

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Richard Lederer is the author of more than 30 books about language, history, and humor, including his best-selling Anguished English series and his current book, Presidential Trivia. He has been profiled in magazines as diverse as The New Yorker, People, and the National Enquirer and frequently appears on radio as a commentator on language. Dr. Lederer's syndicated column, "Looking at Language," appears in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. He has been named International Punster of the Year and Toastmasters International's Golden Gavel winner.