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Um . . .(Um. . .: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean )(Brief article)(Book review)
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Um . . .(Um. . .: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean )(Brief article)(Book review)
Publication: The New Yorker Publication Date: 03-SEP-07 |
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COPYRIGHT 2007 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc.
Fascinated by the media's "fetishized" portrayal of George W. Bush's malapropisms, Erard sets out to write "a work of applied blunderology" to explain how individuals acquire a particular verbal style, and why it matters when that style doesn't match listeners' expectations. The result is a historical catalogue of verbal...
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