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It is hard to imagine that this book would be picked up by anyone but a lexicographer or someone interested enough in becoming one to subject himself to such a turgid presentation; in the event, one might assume a certain level of familiarity with the subject.
Indeed, the scholarly journals have been overflowing with turgid prose for decades, and it is particularly refreshing to know that comment on virtually any aspect of language can still be offered in language that, glowing with respectability, cleaving to the well-turned phrase, punctuated by the provocative pun, can be so engagingly presented.
There is much to interest and amuse the reader in Mother Tongue , and I find it a pity that teachers do not use books like this to introduce students to the wonders and humor of language to reinforce what I hope is their own enthusiasm for the subject in place of the turgid texts they are stuck with.
While he certainly can be eccentric, solipsistic, and turgid, at his best moments West is shrewd, courageous, and inspirational.
To a subject that is treated in the most turgid fashion by linguists and with unusually irresponsible scholarship by many other commentators, Bill Safire brings just the right, literate, human touch, often funny, ever lively, and always friendly, informative, and entertaining.