The Cunning Linguist

Richard Lederer has 2 new books coming up: A Man of My Words: Reflections on the English Language and The Cunning Linguist: Ribald Riddles, Lascivious Limericks, Carnal Corn, and Other Good, Clean Dirty Fun. Carnal Corn...:)

Another new book from OUP, Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: A Decade-By-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth Century should be interesting. Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation appears to be quite popular in the UK. I may have to get a copy of that myself since having had the commas rapped out of my knuckles by nuns because I was a shameless comma splicer as a child has left my punctuation confused and often wrong.

Umberto Eco, the noted semiotician, just published Mouse or Rat?: Translation as Negotiation which should prove interesting for translators, people learning languages or language enthusiasts in general.

26 Nov 2003 at 13:58, Helsinki