Funny English Errors and Insights
Laugh... And Learn!
Welcome to
the website for
Funny English Errors and Insights (2010), a new book of unconscious humour published by the National Library of Australia.
Funny English Errors and Insights will be
launched at the National Library in Canberra on 29
th, October 2010.
In the meantime, explore this website for other collections of real-life English language mistakes,
including funny answers to exam questions, media misprints, and silly signs.
See Funny English Errors: The B List for more than a hundred examples of funny English gaffes（失言）. For more funny English errors, read author Troy Simpson's blog. For still more examples,, join this website to download a free PDF version of
English As She Is Taught, which lists our top 250 funny English language mistakes from that classic
howlers book.
Join this website FREE, and you can also:
o Enter member-only competitions
o Contribute your comments
o Download free e-Cards
o Be the first to know about our much-anticipated book,
Funny English Errors and Insights (2010) ...
Features
Follows in the tradition of the runaway best-seller
Howler
s books of the 1920s and 1930s
o Includes quotes(引文) that have never been published before in this way
o Includes more than 30 carefully selected funny photos
o Topics include English, science, history, geography, religion, mathematics, and more
o A perfect gift for students, teachers, parents, grandparents, public speakers, doctors, lawyers, journalists, clergy and religious, and anyone with a sense of humour!
小题1:The word
launched in the second paragraph is closest to the meaning:
| A．sent up for the first time. | B．written for the first time. |
| C．for sale for the first time. | D．printed for the first time. |
小题2:On the website ,you can do the following things except
.
| A．read some funny news |
| B．know something about this book previously |
| C．find a lot of examples about English errors |
| D．express your opinions freely |
小题3:About this book, you know that
.A．it only includesEnglish, science, history
| B．it is quite different from Howlers books |
| C．all the quotes in it are familiar with us |
| D．it is intended for people all walks of life |
