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Get Thee to a Punnery
by Lederer, Richard
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0440204992
- ISBN 13
- 9780440204992
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dell Publishing Company, 1990. First Printing. Mass market paperback. good. Bill Thompson. Pocket paperback. vii, [1], 149, [3] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Some wear to cover edges. Richard Lederer (born May 26, 1938) is an American author, speaker, and teacher. He is best known for his books on the English language and on word play such as puns, oxymorons, and anagrams. He refers to himself as "the Wizard of Idiom," "Attila the Pun," and "Conan the Grammarian." His weekly column, "Looking at Language", is syndicated in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. Lederer invented the words aptagram, an anagram which means the same as the other word, and the antigram, an anagram which means the opposite. Get Thee to a Punnery proves that the pun is mightier than the sword. . . and here are sidesplitting puns of every color, stripe and persuasion to suit every whim. Even if you don't know that your humerus is your funny bone, this is the book for you. The Time of the Signs: On a diaper service truck: Rock a dry baby. On a plumber's service truck: A flush is better than a full house. Show me where Stalin is buried and I'll show you a communist plot.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25694
- Title
- Get Thee to a Punnery
- Author
- Lederer, Richard
- Illustrator
- Bill Thompson
- Format/Binding
- Mass market paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0440204992
- ISBN 13
- 9780440204992
- Publisher
- Dell Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Puns, Punning, Jokes, Language, Spoonerisms, Word Play, Poetic License, Homophones, Word Games
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