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001			ocm20150288
003			OCoLC
005			20150618163725.0
008			890905s1989 nyua 000 0 eng
010			_a 89182592
020			_a0671689061
020			_a9780671689063
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dBAKER _dBTCTA _dYDXCP _dOCLCG _dOTP _dDEBBG _dAZFX8 _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dOCLCQ _dBUR
050	0	0	_aPE1095 _b.L37 1989
082	0	0	_a428/.00207 _220
084			_aHF 101 _2rvk
084			_aHF 335 _2rvk
100	1		_aLederer, Richard, _d1938- _913861
245	1	0	_aCrazy English : _bthe ultimate joy ride through our language /
260			_aNew York : _bPocket Books, _c�1989.
300			_a189 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm
505	0		_aI: The strange case of the English language. English is a crazy language ; Confusable English ; Good grief! ; Sesquipedalian English -- II: The name is the game. What's your phobia? ; The secrets of "nym" ; Brand-new eponyms ; Janus-faced English ; A hymn to heteronyms -- III: Figuratively speaking. A visit to the language zoo ; You said a mouthful ; Violent English -- IV: Unmechanical English. Foxen in the henhice ; Tense times with verbs ; Spellbound -- V: The sounds of English. Sound and sense ; Beautiful English ; Alliteration strikes the nation ; Rhyme time -- VI: English at play. The play of words ; Anagrammatical English ; Doctor Rotcod's ailihphilia -- VII: The last word about words. The antics of semantics.
520			_aDemonstrates that logic is sometimes absent from the standard deviations in English usage and how language secrets are revealed in winks, allusions, sighs, and giggles.
530			_aAlso issued online.
650		0	_aLexicology. _913862
650		0	_aLexicology _vHumor. _913863
651		7	_aEnglisch. _2swd _913864
655		7	_aHumor. _2fast _913865
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aLederer, Richard, 1938- _tCrazy English. _dNew York : Pocket Books, �1989 _w(OCoLC)645308913
942			_2ddc _cNF
999			_c28471 _d28471