Funny English Errors and Insights
Laugh... And Learn!
Welcome tothe 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 29th, 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:
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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 Howlers 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!
小題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.
小題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
小題3:About this book, you know that       .
A．it only includesEnglish, science, history
B．it is quite different from Howlers books
C．a(chǎn)ll the quotes in it are familiar with us
D．it is intended for people all walks of life
小題4:The text is aimed at introducing      .
A．a(chǎn) popular websiteB．some selected funny photos
C．a(chǎn) new bookD．some funny English errors
                                     

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:C
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