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We are Not Amused

Author : David Crystal
Publisher : Bodleian Library
ISBN 13 : 9781851244782
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book We are Not Amused written by David Crystal and published by Bodleian Library. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pronunciation governs our regional and social identity more powerfully than any other aspect of spoken language. No wonder, then, that it has attracted most attention from satirists. In this intriguing book, David Crystal shows how our feelings about pronunciation today have their origins in the way our Victorian predecessors thought about the subject, as revealed in the pages of the satirical magazine, Punch.In the sixty years between its first issue in 1841 and the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, jokes about the fashions affecting English usage provide one of Punch's most fruitful veins of humour, from the dropped aitches of the Cockney accent to the upper-class habit of dropping the final 'g' (huntin' and fishin'). For 'We Are Not Amused', David Crystal has examined all the issues during the reign of Queen Victoria and brought together the cartoons and articles that poked fun at the subject of pronunciation, adding a commentary on the context of the times, explaining why people felt so strongly about accents, and identifying which accents were the main source of jokes. The collection brings to light a society where class distinction ruled, and where the way you pronounced a word was seen as a sometimes damning index of who you were and how you should be treated. It is a fascinating, provocative and highly entertaining insight into our on-going amusement at the subject of how we speak.

We Are Not Amused

Author : Nancy Bell
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 150150164X
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book We Are Not Amused written by Nancy Bell and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Placing failed humor within the broader category of miscommunication and drawing on a range of conversational data, this text represents the first comprehensive study of failed humor. It provides a framework for classifying the types of failure that can occur, examines the strategies used by both speakers and hearers to avoid and manage failure, and highlights the crucial role humor plays in social identity and relationship management.

Not Amused

Author : Donna McDonald
Publisher : Donna McDonald
ISBN 13 : 1950619419
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Not Amused written by Donna McDonald and published by Donna McDonald. This book was released on 2022-08-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not aMused is a paranormal fantasy women’s fiction and fantasy novel and an action and adventure tale from USA Today Bestselling Author Donna McDonald. The seventh task of the prophecy is proving to be the strangest one yet. Speaking of strange, Zeus is asking to come along so he can help me. He says he’s conflicted and wants to get to know me now. Only Zeus’s help consists of him trying to kill a creature I specifically, emphatically told him we were not going to kill. What kind of help is that? Not the kind I need, that’s for sure. And Athena is on vacation. My twin is sunning herself on some tropical beach while I’m trying to convince the Gorgon Hydra she created not to turn to me to stone like it did all the female Dragons. Sure, I understand that Athena’s embarrassed. Who wouldn’t be in her shoes? Instead of restoring the remaining two Gorgons back into humans, she turned them into a Dragon-headed Gorgon Hydra. I say everybody makes mistakes and that she should try again. However, I can’t really repeat what she said to me without wanting to stab her with my energy sword. The Fates are ignoring my summons. Normally, I’d be happy they were out of the picture, but I have a ton of questions and no answers. The rest of my pantheon isn’t much better. They’ve gone back to their lives like it’s all over. The only person not ignoring me is my birth mother, Metis, but technically she’s dead. Her ghost is keeping me company for a while because I needed someone with some Titan Witch skills. Currently, she's the only one willing to listen to me. Guess that happens when you tether a shade from the Underworld. I thought I’d hate her when we met, but actually, she’s not so bad. Athena’s not the only one who needs a vacation, but Cale and I are too busy trying to save everyone to take that kind of break. Hopefully, we’ll live long enough to close on the house we found. Is that too much to ask?

Navigator Dimensions Year 6 Anthology 1

Author : Karavis
Publisher : Rigby
ISBN 13 : 9780433065128
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (651 download)

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Download or read book Navigator Dimensions Year 6 Anthology 1 written by Karavis and published by Rigby. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chairman Mao Would Not be Amused

Author : Howard Goldblatt
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802134493
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Chairman Mao Would Not be Amused written by Howard Goldblatt and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty stories by Chinese writers as they break free of the grip of uniformity which held them for over four decades. The stories include Can Xue's The Summons, on the last days of a murderer, Su Tong's The Brothers Shu, on male rivalry for a woman, and A String of Choices, which is a satirical look at Chinese health care by Wang Meng, a deposed minister of culture.

I'm Just No Good at Rhyming

Author : Chris Harris
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316266590
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book I'm Just No Good at Rhyming written by Chris Harris and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The instant New York Times bestseller featured on NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon! B. J. Novak (bestselling author of The Book With No Pictures) described this groundbreaking poetry collection as "Smart and sweet, wild and wicked, brilliantly funny--it's everything a book for kids should be." Lauded by critics as a worthy heir to such greats as Silverstein, Seuss, Nash and Lear, Harris's hilarious debut molds wit and wordplay, nonsense and oxymoron, and visual and verbal sleight-of-hand in masterful ways that make you look at the world in a whole new wonderfully upside-down way. With enthusiastic endorsements from bestselling luminaries such as Lemony Snicket, Judith Viorst, Andrea Beaty, and many others, this entirely unique collection offers a surprise around every corner. Adding to the fun: Lane Smith, bestselling creator of beloved hits like It's a Book and The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, has spectacularly illustrated this extraordinary collection with nearly one hundred pieces of appropriately absurd art. It's a mischievous match made in heaven! "Ridiculous, nonsensical, peculiar, outrageous, possibly deranged--and utterly, totally, absolutely delicious. Read it! Immediately!" --Judith Viorst, bestselling author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Easily Amused

Author : Karen McQuestion
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780547745022
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Easily Amused written by Karen McQuestion and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love stories. When twenty-nine-year-old Lola Watson unexpectedly inherits a rambling house in the suburbs, she thinks it just may be the cherry on a banner year. After all, she's happily single, with fabulous friends and her dream job working at a popular magazine. Life is perfect--until her new neighbors make her their new "project," a heartbroken high school friend crashes indefinitely at her house, and her younger sister announces she's getting married...on Lola's thirtieth birthday. Suddenly Lola's not so keen on her newfound domestic bliss. But when she meets handsome, mysterious Ryan Moriarty, Lola dares to hope she's found the perfect guy to one-up her sister and add a little spice back into her life. This light-hearted romantic comedy from Karen McQuestion is headlined by a charming cast of characters, led by the self-deprecatingly funny Lola. Breezy and fun, "Easily Amused" serves as a gentle, often amusing reminder that love can often be found in the place we least expect--under our very noses.

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Author : Neil Postman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780143036531
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Amusing Ourselves to Death written by Neil Postman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-12-27 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984, Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than ever. "It's unlikely that Trump has ever read Amusing Ourselves to Death, but his ascent would not have surprised Postman.” -CNN Originally published in 1985, Neil Postman’s groundbreaking polemic about the corrosive effects of television on our politics and public discourse has been hailed as a twenty-first-century book published in the twentieth century. Now, with television joined by more sophisticated electronic media—from the Internet to cell phones to DVDs—it has taken on even greater significance. Amusing Ourselves to Death is a prophetic look at what happens when politics, journalism, education, and even religion become subject to the demands of entertainment. It is also a blueprint for regaining control of our media, so that they can serve our highest goals. “A brilliant, powerful, and important book. This is an indictment that Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one.” –Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Author : Neil Postman
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amusing Ourselves to Death written by Neil Postman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1986 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the effects of television culture on how we conduct our public affairs and how "entertainment values" corrupt the way we think.

Not My Idea

Author : Anastasia Higginbotham
Publisher : Ordinary Terrible Things
ISBN 13 : 9781948340007
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Not My Idea written by Anastasia Higginbotham and published by Ordinary Terrible Things. This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People of color are eager for white people to deal with their racial ignorance. White people are desperate for an affirmative role in racial justice. Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness helps with conversations the nation is, just now, finally starting to have.

New Driver's Guide to Things to NOT Crash Into

Author : Len Dodykavis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781731025722
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (257 download)

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Download or read book New Driver's Guide to Things to NOT Crash Into written by Len Dodykavis and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-08 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated and revised for 2019! Do you know someone who will soon be getting or has recently obtained their driver's license that makes you think twice about going out on the road? Maybe a friend or family member who is a notoriously bad driver who is constantly getting into car accidents? This gag driver's education book is the perfect way to tell them that you care and secretly fear them. In the New Driver's Guide to Things to NOT Crash Into, we focus on some very basic driving fundamentals, such as: What is a car? What are those round things at the bottom Where does it belong? In the second portion of the book we walk through dozens of examples of people, places and things that should not be crashed into at any time. We also take care to sarcastically explain reasons why these items are firmly on the DO NOT CRASH INTO list. Some practical examples for newly licensed drivers are: People Other cars Trees Houses Icebergs Mountains Creepy Garden Gnomes And many more! Pick up a copy for new driver in your family or circle of friends who will appreciate a good gag book and get a few good laughs as they learn to become safe and responsible drivers.

No Touch Monkey!

Author : Ayun Halliday
Publisher : Seal Press
ISBN 13 : 9781580050975
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book No Touch Monkey! written by Ayun Halliday and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2003-10-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From taming the wild dog packs of Bali to requiring the services of a bonesetter in Sumatra, Ayun Halliday offers up the best of her itinerant foibles as examples of how not to travel abroad.

The Best Little Boy in the World

Author : Andrew Tobias
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345381769
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (453 download)

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Download or read book The Best Little Boy in the World written by Andrew Tobias and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1993-05-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic account of growing up gay in America. "The best little boy in the world never had wet dreams or masturbated; he always topped his class, honored mom and dad, deferred to elders and excelled in sports . . . . The best little boy in the world was . . . the model IBM exec . . . The best little boy in the world was a closet case who 'never read anything about homosexuality.' . . . John Reid comes out slowly, hilariously, brilliantly. One reads this utterly honest account with the shock of recognition." The New York Times "The quality of this book is fantastic because it comes of equal parts honesty and logic and humor. It is far from being the story of a Gay crusader, nor is it the story of a closet queen. It is the story of a normal boy growing into maturity without managing to get raped into, or taunted because of, his homosexuality. . . . He is bright enough to be aware of his hangups and the reasons for them. And he writes well enough that he doesn't resort to sensationalism . . . ." San Francisco Bay Area Reporter

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Author : Mary Roach
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393324826
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers written by Mary Roach and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004-04-27 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look inside the world of forensics examines the use of human cadavers in a wide range of endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, space exploration, and a Tennessee human decay research facility.

That's Not Funny!

Author : Adrian Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780747581017
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book That's Not Funny! written by Adrian Johnson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2007-01 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When he and his grandfather go to town, Alfie finds humor in seeing unpleasant things happen to other people, but he feels differently when an elephant lands on him at the circus.

Jack's New Power

Author : Jack Gantos
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780374437152
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (371 download)

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Download or read book Jack's New Power written by Jack Gantos and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1997-09-30 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his father moves the family to Barbados, Jack learns that life is not always idyllic on an island paradise. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Queen Cat With Crown Notebook

Author : Acequia Publications
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781075796838
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book Queen Cat With Crown Notebook written by Acequia Publications and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-23 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jot down everything in this cute Cat With Crown Notebook. The lined pages provide plenty of room for notes, sketches, favorite quotations, and personal thoughts. It also makes a great gift, back to school memory book or keepsake book. If you are looking for gifts for cat lovers or cat school supplies, this Queen Cat With Crown Notebook is the perfect choice. Reliable standards Book industry perfect binding (the same standard binding as the books in your local library). Tough Glossy Full-color SOFT cover. Crisp white paper, with quality that minimizes ink bleed-through. The book is great for either pen or pencil users.