The Word Circus: A Letter-Perfect Book

by Richard Lederer, Dave Morice

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Genres: Writing

295 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1998

About the author

Richard Lederer is the author of more than 35 books about language, history, and humor, including his best-selling Anguished English series and his current book, The Gift of Age. He has been profiled in magazines as diverse as The New Yorker, People, and the National Enquirer and frequently appears on radio as a commentator on language. He has been named International Punster of the Year and Toastmasters International's Golden Gavel winner.

He is the father of author and poet Katy Lederer and poker players Howard Lederer and Annie Duke.

Reviews

[Nilendu Misra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delightful - like “Einstein of Nineties”. Capitonyms. A verse made of anagrams. Brilliant collection for word lovers.

[Barb H · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is not ony tremendously informative, but FUN to read. It is filled with many morsels of facts about words and language, but also anagrams, palindromes, riddles and MUCH more!This is the type of book which one usually reads periodically, rather than straight through.
Lederer has style, humor and wit.
Here is a neat example: "I am here to tell you that English is the only major language to capitalize its first-person singular pronoun.Some observers believe that such capitalization brings about a linguistic egocentrism, a sort of 'beauty is in the I of the beholder' complex. As evidence, note that I is the most frequently spoken word in English."