Word Wizard: Super Bloopers, Rich Reflections, and Other Acts of Word MagicSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2007-04-01 - 272 psl. After a multi-decade career of stimulating readers to appreciate and laugh at the glories and oddities of our English language, beloved language maven Richard Lederer has collected his very best and most popular pieces in Word Wizard. In this career-capping anthology the reader will find essays that enlighten, inspire, and tickle the funny bone. |
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... ' the girl with kaleidoscope eyes . ' That's a line from ' Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds . " That's also a classic mondegreen - a mishearing of oft - used words , resulting in a misinterpretation of the lyrics of 16 José, Can You See?
... mondegreens . " The girl from Emphysema goes walking " is a mondegreen for “ the girl from Ipanima goes walking . " " The ants are my friends ” is a mondegreen for " the answer , my friends , is blowin ' in the wind . " " I've thrown a ...
... Mondegreen . " Wright powerfully identified with Lady Mondegreen , the faithful friend of the Bonny Earl . Lady Mondegreen died for her liege with dignity and tragedy . How romantic ! It was some years later that Sylvia Wright learned ...
... mondegreens is religion . Many a youngster has recited the famous line from the Twenty - third Psalm as " Shirley , good Mrs. Murphy will follow me all the days of my life . " Many other imaginary characters inhabit the lyrics of hymns ...
... mondegreens , the fracturing of Christmas carols especially opens up new worlds of meaning and imagi- nation . Try singing along with these new takes on old fa- vorites , revised by children : • Good King Wences ' car backed out On a ...
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The Loom of Language | 37 |
Crazy English | 99 |
The Write Way | 139 |
The Joys of Lex | 179 |
Making the Alphabet Dance | 219 |