Michael Erard
Um. . .: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean
This original, entertaining, and surprising book is a natural history of things we wish we didn't say (but do), as well as a look at what happens in American culture (and others) when we do (and wish we didn't). Covering a vast array of verbal blunders, from Spoonerisms to malapropisms to "uh" and "...
$18.00