Um. . .

Um. . .

Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean

by Michael Erard

303 pages· ISBN 9781400095438
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A witty and insightful look at the human propensity for verbal blunders examines the nature of such verbal errors as slips, bloopers, spoonerisms, malapropisms, and more and assesses what these blunders mean in terms of the human brain, the use of language, and ourselves. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

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