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Um-- slips, stumbles, and verbal blunders, and what they mean : Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean Cover Image Book

Um-- slips, stumbles, and verbal blunders, and what they mean : Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean

Slips, stumbles, and verbal blunders, and what they mean (portion title)
Erard, Michael. (Author).

Summary: Looks at the human propensity for verbal blunders, examining the nature of such verbal errors as slips, bloopers, spoonerisms, and malapropisms and assesses what these blunders mean in terms of the human brain and the use of language.

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  • ISBN: 0375423567
  • ISBN: 9780375423567
  • Physical Description: print
    287 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2007]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The secrets of Reverend Spooner -- The life and times of the Freudian slip -- Some facts about verbal blunders -- What we, uh, talk about when we talk about "uh" -- A brief history of "um" -- Well spoken -- The birth of bloopers -- Slips in the limelight -- Fun with slips -- President blunder -- The future of verbal blunders.

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