***** 5 stars G. Courter “LastWord” (Florida) When my father, age 94, hears a phrase like “juggernaut” he shows off with a convoluted–and usually incorrect–story about its origin. Now I have “I Love It When You Talk Retro” to set matters straight. And no, Dad, juggernaut is NOT a German WWI term, Ralph Keyes explains …
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The Golden Age of Euphemism By Ralph Keyes Ralph Keyes is an author, speaker and teacher. His latest book is Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms (Little, Brown). H.L. Mencken called the early nineteenth century a “Golden Age of Euphemism.” A combination of religious fervor and fastidious concern about propriety among the upwardly mobile fueled …
Ralph interviewed on The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC)
Ralph was recently interviewed on The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC about his book Euphemania. [audio:https://ralphkeyes.on-forge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/BrianLehrer121510cpod.mp3|titles=BrianLehrer121510cpod]
Amazon Customer Review: A rather interesting book
**** 4 stars By Kurt A. Johnson (Marseilles, Illinois, USA) (TOP 50 REVIEWER) Quite a few expressions we Americans use are out-of-date expressions that we nonetheless know the meaning of, more or less. But, even among those that we use, we often do not completely understand the roots of the expression. Well, in this rather …
Ralph interviewed on Talk of the Nation (NPR)
Ralph was interviewed by Neal Conan on NPR’s Talk of the Nation program on December 14, 2010. [audio:https://ralphkeyes.on-forge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/20101214_totn_021.mp3|titles=20101214_totn_02]
Amazon Customer Review: A fun and informative read
***** 5 stars By Marty Hollingsworth “grammawalt.com” (CO United States) This is a fun book for finding out where phrases that you use all the time came from. It’ll give you great cocktail party chat. :-)