All 3 Uses of
anecdote
in
Do You Speak American?
- Another anecdote involves a shift in the vowel in the word slaves to the vowel in leave.†
Chpt 2 *
- An animatronic effigy waves its hands and rolls its eyes as it tells some of the folksy anecdotes Johnson would use to underline political points.†
Chpt 4
- That's an interesting observation in view of the following anecdote' about a Princeton student published in The New Yorker: "Her roommate, Jacqui Neiss, talks about using her looks to get what she wants, 'Like last night I'm desperately out of cigarettes, running around, and I'm like, "Hi, random guy, can you give me a cigarette?"†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(anecdote) a short story that is true -- often told for amusement or to make a point