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You Say Tomato: An Amusing and Irreverent Guide to the Most Often Mispronounced Words in the English Language
Ever wonder if "vase" is pronounced VASE or VAHZ? If "Pulitzer" is PYOO-lit-zer or PULL-it-ser? If "niche" is NITCH or NEESH?
Whether you're an articulation stickler or (like the rest of us) insecure with pronunciation, R. W. Jackson's You Say Tomato is sure to tickle and inform. With subtle, acerbic repartee, Jackson has created a diabolically funny dictionary of words that, as he gleefully points out, even our highest officials grapple with. Are you among the millions who cringe when George W. Bush pronounces "nuclear" as NOOK-lar? Are those TV news reports correct when they say SAW-di-Arabia? (It's SOW-di, right?) How can they be so nay-EEV?
Nothing is sacred with Jackson as lexicographer. He trains his sardonic sights on everything from political correctness to pop music, corporate culture to foreign policy, and reality shows to the right wing. Prepare yourself for a wickedly irreverent reading experience!
Whether you're an articulation stickler or (like the rest of us) insecure with pronunciation, R. W. Jackson's You Say Tomato is sure to tickle and inform. With subtle, acerbic repartee, Jackson has created a diabolically funny dictionary of words that, as he gleefully points out, even our highest officials grapple with. Are you among the millions who cringe when George W. Bush pronounces "nuclear" as NOOK-lar? Are those TV news reports correct when they say SAW-di-Arabia? (It's SOW-di, right?) How can they be so nay-EEV?
Nothing is sacred with Jackson as lexicographer. He trains his sardonic sights on everything from political correctness to pop music, corporate culture to foreign policy, and reality shows to the right wing. Prepare yourself for a wickedly irreverent reading experience!
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224 pages, Hardcover
First published August 18, 2005
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March 9, 2020
A fun light read of often mispronounced words!!
January 23, 2011
Picked this up on a whim...then couldn't put it down. I read it cover to cover in one afternoon. There were a few words that I was really hoping would be in there, but that's okay. Now I will be obsessing over everything I say in public. :)
Great book for teachers...and others who love the English language.
Great book for teachers...and others who love the English language.
March 18, 2016
An amusing and irreverent guide to the most often mispronounced words in the english language. Some of the jokes are often a little too cheezy. They tried to make it fun. It's a fun reference, but they were trying to stretch the book and so you get definitions and words that shouldn't be in it
June 8, 2009
I love grammar/punctuation/language books and this one is a fun read. All I can say is viva la difference! (And I'm sure I'm mispronouncing it when I say it.)
February 6, 2014
It was funny but that is about it. Kinda pointless in my opinion but a good laugh at times. A "dictionary" of sorts, I guess.
March 1, 2015
Very useful; incredibly insulting as well.
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