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Um. . . : Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean - Michael Erard

Um. . .

Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean

By: Michael Erard

eText | 21 August 2007

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**Essential reading for talkers and listeners of all stripes: An original, entertaining, and surprising book that investigates verbal blunders: what they are, what they say about those who make them, and how and why we've come to judge them.

"An enjoyable tour of linguistic mishaps." —The New York Times Book Review**

Um... is about how you really speak, and why it's normal for your everyday speech to be filled with errors—about one in every ten words. In this charming, engaging account of language in the wild, linguist and writer Michael Erard also explains why our attention to some blunders rises and falls. Where did the Freudian slip come from? Why do we prize "umlessness" in speaking—and should we? And how do we explain the American presidents who are famous for their verbal stumbles?

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