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S'està carregant… Adventures of a Verbivorede Richard Lederer
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. 3/14/22 A nice change after Crystal, Partridge, Truss - Lederer is a scholar, but this is a more playful book. He makes us learn, and think, but mostly he encourages us to love to communicate and to play with words and to explore grammar etc. What made this even more palatable is that it's a mixed set of short essays. They fit together nicely, but if one is too abstruse or annoying (I don't like puns) it's ok to scan it and go to the next. And they're all a little different, some poignant, some purely silly, some a bit analytical. I was surprised just how much I enjoyed almost all of the book. One of the things I learned is how prevalent the claims of 'spook etymologists' can become. Read for yourself how wrong is the common claim for the origin of 'posh' and know that the French say 'no score' in tennis and so 'love' is not from 'l'ouef.' I also appreciate that he advises pedants to choose their battles carefully - but I disagree with him that the abuse of 'unique' is one to let by. And I like his lists - especially that of gratuitously syllabified (not syllabificated) words. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
In this rollicking romp through the bountiful world of words (Minneapolis Star), the bestselling author of Crazy English and More Anguished English takes readers on a logoleptic thrill ride through the beauties and perplexities of the language, spiking the text with irresistible mind scramblers. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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