Anguished English by Richard Lederer (9780941711814)

Description - Anguished English by Richard Lederer

This is an amusing anthology of assaults upon the English language, from Wanted Ads to Mixed Metaphors. It includes such Advertisement bloopers as: ' For sale: antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers'; and, 'Wanted: 50 girls for stripping machine operators in factory'. ' Anguished English' is the ridiculously funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our common language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed-Up Metaphors... from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers...it's a collection that will leave you roaring with delight and laughter. e petroglyphs need to be understood from the perspective of the native people who made them. The petroglyphs refer to the myths and encapsulate definitions of the cosmos; they describe dreams, spirits and all the elements a person needed to survive. These are some of the many places where Spider Woman dwells. The petroglyphs and pictographs are a veil between the observer and other transcendental realms. They are a portal through which to enter the world of Spider Woman. ar-headed examination of Kim Stanley's brilliance that ecomes the ce at the out

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