Book description
In what other language, asks Lederer, do people drive on a parkway and
park in a driveway, and your nose can run and your feet can smell? In
CRAZY ENGLISH, Lederer frolics through the logic-boggling byways of our
language, discovering the names for phobias you didn't know you could
have, the longest words in our dictionaries, and the shortest sentence
containing every letter in the alphabet. You'll take a bird's-eye view
of our beastly language, feast on a banquet of mushrooming food
metaphors, and meet the self-reflecting Doctor Rotcod, destined to speak
only in palindromes. Richard Lederer is the author of more than 30
books about language, history, and humor, including his best-selling
Anguished English
series and his current book, Presidential Trivia
. He has been profiled in magazines as diverse as The New Yorker
, People
, and the National Enquirer
and frequently appears on radio as a commentator on language. Dr.
Lederer's syndicated column, "Looking at Language," appears in
newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. He has been named
International Punster of the Year and Toastmasters International's
Golden Gavel winner.
