Anguished English
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.\ \ \ From student essays to newspaper headlines, here is a fabulous collection of linguistic goofs and mixed-up metaphors that have...
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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.
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.
INTRODUCTION.....viiI. SCHOOLISHNESS Student Bloopers Win Pullet Surprises.....3 The World According to Student Bloopers.....7 Excuses, Excuses.....16II. THE BLUNDERFUL WORLD OF BLOOPERS Disorder in the Court!.....21 Accidental Bloopers.....27 Wholly Holy Bloopers.....31 It's an Ad, Ad, Ad, Ad, World.....37 Signs of the Times.....41 Welfare Bloopers Fare Well.....47 Stop the Presses!.....49 Two-Headed Headlines.....56III. INSPIRED GIBBERISH Modern Day Malapropisms.....69 Mixed-Up Metaphors.....77 An Irish Bull is Always Pregnant.....82 Goldwynisms and Berraisms.....87 Lost In Translation.....93IV. GRAMMER GAFFES Mangling Modifers.....101 References Wanted.....105 Laffing at Mispellings.....109 Howta Reckanize American Slurvian.....114
