Praise for You're Saying It Wrong:
"[Contains] instructions ostensibly designed to make pronunciation a forte. (It's pronounced "fort," by the way.) And designed, too, to spare you the particular strain of embarrassment that results when you learn that you have been pretentiously mispronouncing the name of your already-pretentious sparkling water. You're Saying It Wrong acknowledges that most modern of problems: the fact that so many of us learn words not by hearing them, but by reading them."
the Atlantic
"The best way to consume this book is in a room full of people who are from different parts of the country and have good senses of humor. Ask them how they pronounce each word that doesn't seem obvious. Let the frustration and laughter and discussion ensue."The Awl
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That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means: The 150 Most Commonly Misused Words and Their Tangled Histories
That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means: The 150 Most Commonly Misused Words and Their Tangled Histories
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BN ID: | 2940176616767 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Random House |
Publication date: | 02/21/2023 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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