Anguished English : An Anthology of Accidental Assualts Upon Our Language

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Summary: Anguished 12 year old
Review: ...and I've read lots of funny books. This book has me doubled over every time I read it. The intro suggests that you shouldn't read it all at one sitting, but do it anyway- as long as you haven't had stitches lately- you'll break them for sure. I heard Mr. Lederer speak at the Irving Public Library in Irving Texas and his talk was funny enough to convince me to buy books. But the books themselves are PRICELESS! I can't read it in bed if my husband is trying to read or sleep- I can't keep from laughing. Buy the rest of the series, too. Oh, but if you keep a copy in the bathroom people will wonder what you're doing in there.

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Summary: The Funniest Book I've Ever Read...
Review: ...and I've read lots of funny books. This book has me doubled over every time I read it. The intro suggests that you shouldn't read it all at one sitting, but do it anyway- as long as you haven't had stitches lately- you'll break them for sure. I heard Mr. Lederer speak at the Irving Public Library in Irving Texas and his talk was funny enough to convince me to buy books. But the books themselves are PRICELESS! I can't read it in bed if my husband is trying to read or sleep- I can't keep from laughing. Buy the rest of the series, too. Oh, but if you keep a copy in the bathroom people will wonder what you're doing in there.

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Summary: We laughed so much we hurt ourselves.
Review: A true side spliter. I've yet to meet any one who can actually sit down and read this book. We all end up laughing until we cry. Anquished English has become famous with everyone who's attemped to read it. It's the best giggle ever

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Summary: Anguished English is an anguishing read.
Review: As an English teacher and a linguist by hobby, I was excited to recieve this for a long plane ride. Thank goodness I couldn't wait and started reading early. It would have been really sad to have dragged Anguished English overseas instead of something that's actually entertaining. This book is somewhat interesting, and has at least two pages worth of excerpts humorous enough to share with a class, but I feel that for so little real humor, I wasted my money buying an entire book. Now I must confess, I've only read half the book (trying to find the stamina to continue), so I just might find a few more funny pages, but so far I'm disappointed, and if I weren't a teacher, I wouldn't finish or keep the book at all. It's all right, but it's simply not the side-splittingly funny book I was led to expect.

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Summary: Anguished English is an anguishing read.
Review: As an English teacher and a linguist by hobby, I was excited to recieve this for a long plane ride. Thank goodness I couldn't wait and started reading early. It would have been really sad to have dragged Anguished English overseas instead of something that's actually entertaining. This book is somewhat interesting, and has at least two pages worth of excerpts humorous enough to share with a class, but I feel that for so little real humor, I wasted my money buying an entire book. Now I must confess, I've only read half the book (trying to find the stamina to continue), so I just might find a few more funny pages, but so far I'm disappointed, and if I weren't a teacher, I wouldn't finish or keep the book at all. It's all right, but it's simply not the side-splittingly funny book I was led to expect.

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Summary: I was finally able to stop laughing long enough to inhale.
Review: Delightful, engaging, and hilarious. A fast, pleasant read that highlights marvelous and mischeivous assaults upon our Mother Tongue. Quoted frequently but too rarely given credit, Anguished English has been the source material for innumerable e-mail forwards and water-cooler humor lists.

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Summary: I laughed my way to a great set of abs!
Review: Forget all about crunches and sit-ups, read this book and I guarantee you'll lose an inch or two off your waist. The humor feeds on itself. I recommend reading this book by yourself to prevent looks of concern from your friends as you shake uncontrollably.

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Summary: great book
Review: great book by the father of high stakes poker pro howard lederer

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Summary: Rolling in laughter down the airport terminal
Review: Great book! Truely one of the funniest books I have ever read -- and one of the few I purchase on a regular basis (I loose all my copies by lending them out to my friends). In particular, I remember reading this book in the Atlanta airport waiting for my next flight and within minutes was on the terminal floor in a siezure of laughter -- several people even stopped me to get the name of the book so they could get a copy too.

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Summary: Funniest Book I Have Ever Read
Review: I could not stop laughing once I started to read this book. Absolutely hilarious. I always have extra copies at the home to give to friends. You have to read this book!