Language Humor

WHY, after almost five million years, did our early ancestors suddenly believe they had to alter their very beings and their way of life to achieve the spoken word…something they’d never heard, had no knowledge of and had no reason to believe they needed?

''A must read! If you want to get your Cajun on, you’ve got to read John Gravois’ fabulous little book,'' says Ken Wells, ex-Wall Street Journal writer and Page One editor, and author of Gumbo Life: Tales from the Roux Bayou' and the Cajun classic coming-of-age novel, 'Meely LaBauve. "It’s fun, factual and full of history, Cajun idioms and their pronunciations. This authentic son of the bayou does a huge service in compact form by helping to illuminate a culture that remains Even if you don't speak a word of French now, with this Berlitz phrase book parody you’ll be able to answer, ...

What a surprise! Traveling to faraway lands to learn foreign languages and cultures can result in laughter, tears, and a good bellyache! Marci's global journey has taken her and her family to over thirty different countries. Along with the expected grammar mistakes in language learning, they have made bloopers galore—even some that were "unintentionally vulgar." Oops! Pardon their French! Join Marci, a foreign language teacher, and her family on a voyage through language and cultural bloopers and stories from around the world. You will leave these pages ready and eager to travel the world...

Ramona Quimby is thrilled to be starting kindergarten. She likes a little boy named Davy so much she wants to kiss him, and she loves Susan's beautiful curls so much she wants to pull them to see them boing. Her teacher even promises her a present just for sitting still! So how does Ramona get in trouble? Well, anyone who knows Ramona knows that she is never a pest on purpose.

October 1891. A hard winter approaches across the Rocky Mountains. The city of Butte, Montana is rich on copper mines and rampant with vice and debauchery among a hard-living crowd of immigrant Irish workers. Here we find Tom Rourke, a young poet and ballad-maker of the town, but also a doper, a drinker, and a fearsome degenerate. Just as he feels his life is heading nowhere fast, Polly Gillespie arrives in town as the new bride of the extremely devout mine captain Long Anthony Harrington.

Do you have a desire to make kings and courts laugh? Would you like to revive a long-dead art? Become a Jester and get in line to make the 4 or 5 kings left in the world laugh. Become a Jester and live your best life.

Visitar un apartamento en venta no es una situación de vida o muerte. A menos que sea la víspera de Nochevieja, vivas en una pequeña ciudad en Suecia y alguien haya tenido la peor idea de su vida y decidido atracar un banco que no maneja efectivo. Entonces, sí lo es. Porque, cuando alguien es así de idiota, es inevitable que no sepa cómo huir y termine en un apartamento en venta tomando rehenes sin querer.

Not only do Southerners talk slowly, but sometimes the whole language is hard to understand. No one realizes that more than Memphis belle Leelee Satterfield. Watching her tackle life and love in Vermont was only the tip of the iceberg when it came to antics, charades, mischief, and romance. Now that she’s back in Memphis, and starting a new relationship with Peter, the Yankee chef from her New England inn, you’d think she’d sit back and enjoy her newly crafted life back home in Dixie. But that just wouldn’t be as much fun.

THE ROAD TO RIO TINTO PIER is the entertaining account of a mature Englishman’s journey from Bilbao in the north of Spain to Huelva in the southwest. Alex Lord, recently retired insurance executive, soon finds that golf, fishing and gardening aren’t enough to fill his new-found leisure time. Having long wished to revisit the city where he lived and taught English almost forty years ago, his daughter Helen persuades him to embark on a bold cross-country journey, using only public transport and his legs to cover at least a thousand kilometres in up to ninety days. After a baptism of fire ...

A funny and quirky novel that follows an amnesiac across North America in search of his lost life, armed only with a telephone number that no longer seems to be working correctly.

Teach your child patience! * * * * * * * * * "You forgot the mail?" The king yelled at the snail. But the snail stayed as calm as could be. He was not afraid of the king, you see. He knew where the gift was; he knew what to do. The monsters learned that patience pays off too. We are all familiar with the phenomenon of children wanting everything "here and now". This story describes just such a situation. I hope you and your children will enjoy it and learn from it. 子どもたちに辛抱について教えてくれる１冊！ 「郵便を忘れただと？」王様はカタツムリ君に...

In this heartwarming and captivating tale, embark on an extraordinary journey through the eyes of Percy, an African Gray parrot with a penchant for adventure and a gift for gab. "Percy the Parrot" offers a unique perspective on the world as we follow Percy's life from his early days in the pet shop to his loving home with his human companion. From mimicking household sounds to forming deep bonds with his owner, Percy's story is filled with laughter, love, and unexpected twists. But Percy's journey is not without its challenges. From navigating through misunderstandings to coping with loss, ...

Communication Skills—Eight manuscripts in one book, including: Body Language: 7 Easy Steps to Master Nonverbal Communication, Reading People, Microexpressions & Improve Your Charisma; Assertiveness: 7 Easy Steps to Master Assertive Social Confidence, Self-Esteem, Self-Awareness & Social Dynamics; Conversation Skills: 7 Easy Steps to Master Listening Skills, Interpersonal Feedback, Difficult Conversations & Voice Training; Make People Laugh: 7 Easy Steps to Master Being Funny, Conversational Humor, Improv Stand-Up Comedy & Joke Writing; and more.

Paris, 1980. The literary critic Roland Barthes dies - struck by a laundry van - after lunch with the presidential candidate François Mitterand. The world of letters mourns a tragic accident. But what if it wasn't an accident at all? What if Barthes was murdered?

The Curse-Tuary: Your DIY Guide to Delightfully Decent Expletives By Annie Rowen Tired of dropping four-letter bombs when life throws you curveballs? Wish you could express frustration without sounding like a pirate on laundry day? Welcome to The Curse-Tuary—a hilariously helpful self-help book that invites you to ditch the dirty words and build a sparkling new vocabulary of your own. In this delightfully quirky guide, Annie Rowen shows you how to transform your knee-jerk expletives into laughter-filled, soul-soothing nonsense—think “Fluffernutter!” instead of the other F-word. ...

More than a quarter of a century ago, Leo Rosten presented the first comprehensive and hilariously entertaining lexicon of the colorful and deeply expressive language of Yiddish. Said to "give body and soul to the Yiddish language," The Joys of Yiddish went on to become an indispensable tool for writers, journalists, politicians and students, as well as a perennial best seller for three decades.

🌀 A colorful collection of 1000 fascinating words, idioms, and expressions. 🗯️ Slang from the streets, the screen, and across the decades. 📚 Rare and beautiful words you didn’t know you needed. 🌍 Funny, strange, and untranslatable phrases from other languages. 🐒 Animal-inspired idioms that reveal how we think and speak. 🍩 Deliciously weird food-related sayings and metaphors. 😄 Expressions that make you laugh, raise eyebrows, or both. 💘 Phrases of love, friendship, awkwardness, and sass. 🧠 A perfect tool for writers, teachers, trivia lovers, and language fans. ...

Dejándose llevar por el corazón, Abigail Apple está decidida a evitar el cierre de su entidad protectora de perros favorita. Seguir las normas del policía Cooper Hill podría ser la clave para ganar su corazón y salvar el refugio. Abigail Apple va con retraso a su cita a ciegas al ser detenida por exceso de velocidad. Por desgracia, al poli «estricto con las normas» no le importa que ella llegue tarde y mucho menos que ella tenga el corazón roto debido a que su protectora de perros favorita corra peligro de ser cerrada. Tras ello, acudirá a su cita con barro seco en sus tacones, ...

Wendy Watts debe vender la posada costera que heredó pero, cuando besa de forma espontánea al atractivo desconocido Max Huntington, comienza a preguntarse si la leyenda local podría ser cierta: ser besado junto a la bahía bajo una luna azul conduciría al amor que dura para siempre. Cuando Wendy Watts dejó la bahía de la Luna Azul juró que nunca más volvería a la pequeña ciudad costera donde sus padres la habían abandonado junto a su hermano. Ahora era una agente inmobiliaria de gran éxito y una adicta al trabajo, algo que la mantuvo alejada de complicadas emociones hasta que su...

Alicia Erian's characters are brave, disarming, affectionate, and deeply flawed. They inhabit the not-so-very-wide space between a good intention and a bad outcome. The Brutal Language of Love challenges traditional notions of right and wrong with what has become Erian's signature—an achingly stylish humor and a deep understanding of the brutal truth about human nature. These surprising, provocative, and deeply resonant stories marked the emergence of a major talent.