Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed Up Metaphors...from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers, here is an outrageous treasury of assaults upon our common language that will leave you roaring with delight and laughter.
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Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed Up Metaphors...from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers, here is an outrageous treasury of assaults upon our common language that will leave you roaring with delight and laughter.
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Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed Up Metaphors...from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers, here is an outrageous treasury of assaults upon our common language that will leave you roaring with delight and laughter.
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45 of 47 people found the following review helpful
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This book contains headlines, malapropisms, school essays, parental notes to teachers, lawyer-witness dialogues, signs and other assaults on the English language that provide hours of chuckles and retelling to those who have not read it.
When you read a want ad that says: "Mixing bowl set designed to please a cook with round bottom for efficient beating," or the headline "Stiff Opposition Expected to Casketless Funeral Plan," you have to laugh.
It also reminds me of what a boss once told me: You can always deny what you said; you can never deny what you wrote.
This book is "overpriced, and worth every penny of it."
You can buy this at Amazon which is on sale for $7.95.
When you read a want ad that says: "Mixing bowl set designed to please a cook with round bottom for efficient beating," or the headline "Stiff Opposition Expected to Casketless Funeral Plan," you have to laugh.
It also reminds me of what a boss once told me: You can always deny what you said; you can never deny what you wrote.
This book is "overpriced, and worth every penny of it."
You can buy this at Amazon which is on sale for $7.95.
29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
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Not only is this book side-splitting hilarious, but it is also a valuable tool for teaching my kids about grammar and English usage.
Every time our kids would read, "Missing masterpiece found by tree" (an actual headline) or "Texas Colleges still a Bargain, Education Extra," and go into paroxysms of laughter, I knew they were also learning something about sentence structure. So it's a great book to give to kids age 11 - 17.
Sometimes people are reluctant to buy humor books because they think that if they've read it once, it won't be funny enough to pick up again. Not so with this book. Crack it open at random and you'll laugh as hard as the first time.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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...and I've read lots of funny books. This book has me doubled over every time I read it. The intro suggests that you shouldn't read it all at one sitting, but do it anyway- as long as you haven't had stitches lately- you'll break them for sure. I heard Mr. Lederer speak at the Irving Public Library in Irving Texas and his talk was funny enough to convince me to buy books. But the books themselves are PRICELESS! I can't read it in bed if my husband is trying to read or sleep- I can't keep from laughing. Buy the rest of the series, too. Oh, but if you keep a copy in the bathroom people will wonder what you're doing in there.
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Good chuckling available here
I have truly enjoyed this collection of language blunders and have given it as a gift to several friends and family. All seem to find it as amusing as I do!
Published 2 months ago by benote
Funny little book
I've enjoyed this book very much. It isn't something I want to just sit down and read cover to cover, but I've enjoyed thumbing through it and reading sections. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dalmatian mom
no pictures
Not quite as awesome a I thought it would be...picts are the same on every page. Words are amusing though.
Published 3 months ago by Lindsay
Prescription for laughter
I recently purchased ANGUISHED ENGLISH by Richard Lederer. In fact, I bought four copies, one for myself
and three as gifts. Best gift of this past Christmas! Read more
and three as gifts. Best gift of this past Christmas! Read more
Published 3 months ago by Matt R.
Very funny book
This is a fun book with some very funny references. I really had fun reading it probably because I know that i have made similar errors.
Published 17 months ago by tubamuncha
Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our...
Sitting in my chiropractors examination room, I picked this book up and started reading it as I waited for him to finish with his other patients. Read more
Published on July 12, 2009 by Terry A. Ward
Relax and laugh.
I found myself laughing out loud a lot while reading this book. Dr. Lederer is on KSFO talk radio here in the Bay Area the last Friday of each month. Read more
Published on June 25, 2009 by John R. Traxler
provided a very merry Christmas
My brother got this for Christmas and I was Green with Envy so bought my own just now. He went through it and read it at random from place to place and had the whole family... Read more
Published on January 4, 2009 by M. M. Jones
To Teach
This book is funny. You can just pick it up, read a few lines and chuckle. You can also use this in classrooms. Read more
Published on October 3, 2008 by Delaney
The original book of literary humor
This book made me laugh non-stop for two hours. Then it made my wife laugh for two hours, and then my Dad. Read more
Published on January 3, 2008 by Cabal
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One of the fringe benefits of being an English or history teacher is receiving the occasional jewel of a student blooper in an essay or test paper. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
absent yesterday Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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One of the fringe benefits of being an English or history teacher is receiving the occasional jewel of a student blooper in an essay or test paper. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
absent yesterday Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Hampshire, New York, United States, Hong Kong, Yogi Berra New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Surprise Me!
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- Moby Dick (Bibliotheque Des Grands Classiques)(Illustrated) (French Edition) by Melville on page 73, and page 76
- Moby Dick (Usborne Classics) by H Melville on page 73, and page 76
- Moby Dick (French Edition) by Herman Melville on page 73, and page 76
- Moby-Dick, Second Edition (Norton Critical Editions) by Herman Melville on page 73, and page 76
- Bill Cosby (Personal Closeup) by James T. Olsen on page 166
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- More Anguished English: an Expose of Embarrassing Excruciating, and Egregious Errors in English by Richard Lederer on 6 pages
- I Am Not a Machine-Book II: Thinking with Words by Jack Lynch on 5 pages
- Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose by Constance Hale on 4 pages
- Action Grammar: Fast, No-Hassle Answers on Everyday Usage and Punctuation by Joanne Feierman on 4 pages
- Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose by Constance Hale on 4 pages
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