Watching My Language: Adventures in the Word Trade - Hardcover

Safire, William

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9780679423874: Watching My Language: Adventures in the Word Trade

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ISBN 10: 0679423877 ISBN 13: 9780679423874

Publisher: Random House Inc, 1997

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Explores the origins of catchphrases and syntactical controversies, such as "seven-year itch," "Madam President," and "in-your-face"

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About the Author:

William Safire is a political columnist for The New York Times.

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nth volume of tidbits of stylistic wit and wisdom from a man willing to display his grammar in public. . . . Yet again, readers will find that William Safire's apparently endless capacity to be fascinated by language is highly contagious. "
--Kirkus Reviews

America's most entertaining language maven is back with more words to live by in his latest exploration of hot catchphrases, syntactical controversies, and other matters of national linguistic importance.

Before you scratch that seven-year-itch, you might want to know where it came from. And before someone blurts, "You just don't get it," perhaps you should consult the Pulitzer Prize winning language columnist on the origins of that snappy feminist motto.

In Watching My Language, William Safire investigates these questions and many others, including:

What language was Bill Clinton speaking when he fumed, "I want to put a fist halfway

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