Where a Dobdob Meets a Dikdik

How many people know how to pronounce humhumunukunukuapuaa*? How many even know what it is? Bill Casselman does. Dictionary in hand, he'll lead you along the highways and byways of English--the world's wackiest, most widespread language. And those who follow will find their vocabularies replete with sesquipedalian vocables and chock-a-block with euphuistic lexemes of logorrheic.From dobdob to dikdik to the outer reaches of ning-nong and prick-me-dainty, in wide-ranging essays explaining hundreds of words and expressions, both common and obscure, Casselman revels in the strange, the surreal, and the mind-bogglingly weird. You are invited to rootle in odd words and to explore amusing anecdotes about familiar phrases (Who knows the origin of the sports phrase "e;hat trick"e;?)You'll laugh along with Casselman as he celebrates the wonders, the complexities, and the absurdities of our amazing language.(*Incidentally, humhumunukunukuapuaa is a Hawaiian term that means "e;little trigger fish with a small nose like a pig."e;)