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 Lost For Words - Deric Longden
Description: ISBN 0552139432 / Author: Deric Longden / Genre: Biography / Another chapter in the life story of author Deric Longden, this book focuses ... more  Lost For Words - Deric Longden ... argely on the antics of his lovable - yet totally dotty mother.Newest Review: ... she is asked to make a costume for the five year old Deric to appear in the school play - A Midsummer Night's Dream. ... more ... After labouring long and hard with papier mache and green paint, poor Deric is escorted to school on the night of the performance dressed as a Brussels Sprout. When told that he should have been a 'sprite', Mrs Longden explains her mistake by claiming that the teacher comes from Market Harborough and consequently she could never understand a word she said. Besides, having watched the play,in her opinion it would have been all the better for the inclusion of a few sprouts. The first half of the book is filled ...more |
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Lost For Words - Deric Longden: Language mangling. (698 words)
by nikkisly - written on 14.12.00 (Very useful, 136 readings)
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Most of us know one. A person who can take the rich threads of English language and, rather than weaving them into an exquisite tapestry, knit them into something resembling an over used dishcloth. Deric Longden's book "Lost for Words", is the story of the language mangler in his family - his mother. This is the second of Longden's autobiographical books and the story starts pretty much where the first ('Diana's Story') ended. For those who haven't read and enjoyed Longden's first book, it is the moving tale of the illness and ultimate death of his first wife, Diana. However, whilst "Lost for Words" is largely ...
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