false 1387405 2 Um... is about how you really speak, and why it's normal for your casual, everyday speech to be filled with verbal blunders--about one in every ten words. Why do they happen? Why can't we control them? What can you tell about the people who make them? In this charming, engaging account of language in the wild, linguist and writer Michael Erard also explains why our attention to some verbal blunders rises and falls. Why was the spoonerism named after Reverend Spooner, not some other absent-minded person? Where did the Freudian slip come from? Why do we prize "umlessness" in speaking? And how do we explain the American presidents who are famous for their verbal blundering? You'll have new ways to listen to yourself and others once you've met the people who work with verbal blunders every day--journalists, transcribers, interpreters, police officers, linguists, psychologists, among others --and when you've learned what verbal blunders tell about who we are and what we want. A rich investigation of a fascinating subject, full of entertaining examples, <i>Um...</i> is essential reading for talkers and listeners of all stripes. For more, visit <u>www.umthebook.com</u>. 1377469 21 8 2007 Um. . .: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean total:65|5:7|4:15|3:23|2:19|1:1| 65 203 258 29 4 9 false false Sun Sep 09 07:55:15 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 11:07:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Aug 05 19:42:36 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 04:19:26 -0700 2007 2 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 08:06:53 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 07 12:25:18 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 26 10:53:10 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 10:53:10 -0800 2007 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 19:34:47 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 11:16:17 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jul 30 06:30:38 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 10 10:33:06 -0800 2008
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