Get Thee to a Punnery - Hardcover

Thompson Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0941711072 ISBN 13: 9780941711074

Synopsis

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! -Edgar Bergen
• Quiche me-I'm French!
• Hangover-the wrath of grapes
• Work is the ruin of the drinking classes. -Oscar Wilde

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Richard Lederer has taught English at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, for twenty-seven years and holds a Ph.D. in linguistics. The most recent of his almost one thousand articles and books about language and literature is Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language (Wyrick & Company).
Dr. Lederer's weekly column, "Looking at Language," appears in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. He is vice president of Spell (Society for thje Preservation of English Language and Literature), a regular contributor to Writing! and Verbatim, and a language commentator on New Hampsjire public radio. Many of the puns in Get Thee to a Punnery were submitted by Dr. Lederer's readers and listeners.

About the Author:

Richard Lederer is the author of more than 35 books about language, history, and humor, including his best-selling Anguished English series. He is founding cohost of A Way with Words on public radio and his syndicated column, "Looking at Language," appears in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. He lives in San Diego.

About this edition

• Publication date: 1728
• ISBN 10: 0941711072
• ISBN 13: 9780941711074
• Binding: Hardcover