Donna E. (impossible) reviewed Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language on + 3352 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Entertaining - with a lot of good thought material. Some of the subjects covered: school bloopers; weird ads; newspaper blunders; sayings from Goldwyn and Barra; unusual spellings.
Helpful Score: 2
Funny, funny, funny. The examples based on the (mis)writings of students and others had me laughing out loud. Don't read this book in public if you are trying to avoid notice.
April M. reviewed Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language on + 20 more book reviews
Fun book with a lot of information
Mirna Z. (otherworldgirl) reviewed Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language on
Did you know that Karl Marx was one of the Marx Brothers? That a man with two wives is called a pigamist? Or that certain road signs in Japan might ask you to drive sideways? These and other side-splitting examples of the many, many ways in which the English language is mangled, tortured, twisted and otherwise abused have been collected by veteran high-school English teacher Lederer for your reading pleasure and discombobulation. :)
Paula B. (wind111) reviewed Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language on + 15 more book reviews
"An anthology of accidental assaults upon our language" according to the front cover. Funny stuff!
Jan G. (sunnysouth) - , reviewed Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language on + 14 more book reviews
If you love language, and like to laugh, this book of bloopers from a former high school teacher is for you. A good companion to "Fumble Rules" by Willima Safire.
Marissa T. (queenofdenofmen) reviewed Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language on + 9 more book reviews
Need a good laugh. Some real howlers in this one!
