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Um-- slips, stumbles, and verbal blunders, and what they mean / Michael Erard.
Publication details: New York, NY : Random House/Pantheon Books, c2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: 287 p. ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0375423567
- 9780375423567
- Slips, stumbles, and verbal blunders, and what they mean
- Um... slips, stumbles, and verbal blunders, and what they mean
- P37.5.S67 E73 2007
Contents:
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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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | P 37.5 .S67 E73 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 251601 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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