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Loading... The Way We Talk Now (edition 2001)by Geoffrey Nunberg
Work InformationThe Way We Talk Now by Geoffrey Nunberg
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) jemisonreads | Jan 22, 2024 |  Some bits I loved the most: -TV linguistic residue. I agree and I don't-I think some are more lasting than others. Live long and prosper had its moment in the sun this weekend and I'm not even a Trekkie! Not sure about Seinfeld though, which was the focus of his article as I'm not a fan. -Uber and Out. Wow, what a walk down memory lane. I remember when that issue of Superman came out and my brother's rush to get it. Come to thnk of it, I wonder if/how it was resolved. "For this was the day that a superman died." -The Edge. Ally McBeal. Never watched the show myself but I have a giggle everytime I see it in print because here it's known as Ally My Love or Ally My Rub. -Word Salad. Convention speeches indeed. -Scrabble is not just a place for useless lexical information! -"I am afraid that we'll never get rid of our belief in God because we still have faith in grammar." -Nietzsche. 100% AGreed! -Adored "Pack It in" Overall a great read, really wish I'd brought his second book back with me. Going to pass this on to Ute as I think she'd really enjoy it. skinglist | Jan 4, 2009 | )1  dmturner | Jun 20, 2007 | no reviews | add a review
"This engaging collection of National Public Radio broadcasts and magazine pieces by one of America's best-known linguists covers the waterfront of contemporary culture by taking stock of its words and phrases. From our metaphors for the Internet ("Virtual Rialto") to the perils of electronic grammar checkers ("The Software We Deserve"), from traditional grammatical bugaboos ("Sex and the Singular Verb") to the vagaries of business jargon ("You're Out of Here"), from the pronunciation of foreign names ("A Suffix in the Sand") to the ways we talk about illicit love ("Affairs of State"), Geoffrey Nunberg shows just how much the language we use from day to day reveals about who we are and who we want to be."--Jacket. No library descriptions found. |
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