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- Author: Gary Sherbell
- Publisher: BLACK ROSE WRITING
- ISBN-10: 1685136109
- ISBN-13: 9781685136109
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 0.8 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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"This book will have a quite broad audience... Gratifying level of surprises and loving twists on usage... Nice range of humor, from slapstick to self-reflective." -Sue Ducharme, TextWorks
Welcome to the latest word on atrocious English, from wierd - er, weird - spelling to idiotomatic expressions to modest proposals for change, wherein we tackle such pressing contemporary English language issues as:
- Did sh*t ever actually hit a fan?
- Once and for all, who's the smartest: brain surgeons or rocket scientists?
- Which is the more persuasive: having someone over a barrel or by the balls?
- What difference is there, if any, between an old coot, an old fogey and an old geezer - and while we're on the subject, do we still need to employ the adjective "old"?
- When is it wiser to go with "I don't give a rat's a*s" over "I don't give a flying f*ck"?
- Taken together, are "No way Jose" and "Yesiree Bob" racist?
- What's the point of saying "It is what it is" when in all of human history it's never once happened that something is what it isn't?
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- Author: Gary Sherbell
- Publisher: BLACK ROSE WRITING
- ISBN-10: 1685136109
- ISBN-13: 9781685136109
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 0.8 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
"This book will have a quite broad audience... Gratifying level of surprises and loving twists on usage... Nice range of humor, from slapstick to self-reflective." -Sue Ducharme, TextWorks
Welcome to the latest word on atrocious English, from wierd - er, weird - spelling to idiotomatic expressions to modest proposals for change, wherein we tackle such pressing contemporary English language issues as:
- Did sh*t ever actually hit a fan?
- Once and for all, who's the smartest: brain surgeons or rocket scientists?
- Which is the more persuasive: having someone over a barrel or by the balls?
- What difference is there, if any, between an old coot, an old fogey and an old geezer - and while we're on the subject, do we still need to employ the adjective "old"?
- When is it wiser to go with "I don't give a rat's a*s" over "I don't give a flying f*ck"?
- Taken together, are "No way Jose" and "Yesiree Bob" racist?
- What's the point of saying "It is what it is" when in all of human history it's never once happened that something is what it isn't?
Reviews