Book Review: Euphemania by Ralph Keyes It took me longer to finish this book than the others. Probably because it’s a nonfiction book that talks about euphemisms. Since it wasn’t a story with a plot, I didn’t read it as consistently. So, here is my first nonfiction read of the year…Euphemania: Our Love Affair with …
Collateral Bloggage
Back in January, I saw Ralph Keyes’s Euphemania: Our Love Affair With Euphemisms come through on the Washington County Libraries New Materials RSS feed, and I just knew i had to read it. It met my very tough and extremely arbitrary criteria of “having to do with science, math, history, or language or practically anything …
Gintastic Reads
I’m a word nerd, but I don’t often read books about language. I’m not sure if this is because I get enough of grammar at work, or because as a hopeless smartypants I prefer to feel like I know it all already, or because I’m afraid that once I get started I won’t be able …
Amazon Review
***** 5 Stars Love this book – I actually bought two – one for me and I sent one to my daughter. It is a really interesting and easy read that makes you think about where some of our language has come from. Will pass it on to others when I’ve finished it.
Publishers Weekly
After a lively examination of catch phrases in his previous book, I Love It When You Talk Retro, Keyes takes on the use of euphemisms. With a variegated assortment of verbal evasions, which he sees as tools for discussing touchy topics, Keyes suggests that euphemisms provide “an accurate barometer of changing attitudes.” He covers everything …
Gambling the Planet
Between nuclear power plants spewing radiation in Japan, fighting over oil fields in Libya, the Gulf oil spill off Louisiana, sundry coal mine disasters, and water pollution resulting from “fracking” for natural gas all over the U.S., might Mother Nature be trying to tell us something? I’d say so. It has never been more clear …