ZOUNDS A Browser's Dictionary of Interjections [Paperback]

FromGeronimo!togesundheittohaminahaminatoholymackerel, and fromabracadabratozoinks, Mark Dunn and Sergio Aragon?s show you interjections like you've never seen them before.

Often thought of as unnecessary verbal fringe or simply linguistic decoration, interjections (ahem,howdy,mammamia,pshaw,tally-ho,whoop-de-do) may well be the most overlooked part of speech in the English language.ZOUNDS! A Browser's Dictionary of Interjectionsfocuses the spotlight on this most deserving (and sometimes most demented) grammatical group. A light-hearted look at more than 500 interjections,ZOUNDS!explores the origins of these essential words and highlights the contributions of these previously unheralded parts of speech.

Perfect for both word lovers and the casual reader,ZOUNDS!brings together the linguistic talents of Mark Dunn, author of the award-winning novelElla Minnow Pea, and the graphic hilarity of Sergio Aragon?s, the legendary cartoonist and contributor to Mad Magazine, for a delightful romp through grammar, culture, and the English language.

Famous interjections include:

Eureka!
-Archimedes

Badabing-badaboom
-Tony Soprano

Stuff and nonsense!
-Alice,Alice in Wonderland

Bah! Humbug!
-Scrooge

Fiddle-dee-dee !
-Scarlett O'Hara

Leapin' lizards!
-Little Orphan Annie

Nanoo, nanoo
-Mork, from Mork & Mindy

Dyn-O-Mite!
-Jimmie Walker, Good Times

Bully!
-President Theodore Roosevelt

Mark Dunnis a lifelong word lover and the author ofElla Minnow Pea(nominee for Book Sense Adult Fiction Book of the Year, and winner of the Borders Original Voices Awards for fiction),Welcome to Higby(short listed byPublishers Weeklyas one of the best novels of the year), andIbid: A Life. He makes his home in Alblãb