Welcome to Funny English Errors!

More than 100,000 people have become Facebook Fans of Funny English Errors and Insights: Illustrated (Funny English for short), a funny book of unconscious humour. What makes Funny English appealing?

Bestselling Genre

Funny English is a book of 301 unconsciously humorous uses and misuses of written English, including hilarious student bloopers, unfortunate media misprints, and funny signs. The book is part of a persistently bestselling genre. For decades, so-called blooper books have:

• sold literally millions of copies
• topped the bestseller lists, including New York Times bestseller list

A Book For All Occasions

Funny English is an ideal gift for all occasions — anniversaries, birthdays, Christmas, get-well, graduation, friendship, Fathers’ Day, Mothers’ Day, Valentine’s Day, and any other occasion where you want to give a fun, affordable gift.

A Book For Everyone

Funny English makes a great gift for girls and boys, men and women, of all ages. The book will be enjoyed by clergy and religious, doctors, editors, grandparents, journalists, lawyers, parents, public speakers, publishers, students, teachers, writers, and anyone with a sense of humour!

Includes Many Topics

Funny English includes funny misstatements on a variety of topics, including chemistry, English, geography, government, grammar, history, law, mathematics, physics, religion, science, spelling, and more.

Laugh And Learn

The main purpose of Funny English is to have fun and to laugh out loud. But the book also has educational uses.

Parents and teachers can use the book as a fun teaching tool. To understand much of the book’s humor, the reader must have a good working knowledge of English and good general knowledge; thus the book provides an extra incentive for a child or English student to improve their vocabulary and to expand their general knowledge.

An Established Publisher

Funny English is published by Australia’s premier library, the National Library of Australia.

Painstakingly Researched

In compiling the 301 bloopers for Funny English, the author, Troy Simpson, has:

• painstakingly researched newspapers, magazines, journals, books, and private collections, to select the 301 funniest examples of miswritten English
• personally sifted through 120,000 images to find 30 photographs that cleverly convey the humor in the funny misstatements
• included student bloopers and other funny English errors that have never been published before in this way

A Credentialed Author

Funny English has been compiled by Troy Simpson LLB(Hons). A first-class-honours law graduate, Troy has written and co-written several highly acclaimed published works. These published works include a celebrated encyclopaedic entry on “humour”. Troy also co-manages a popular website on improving English skills called English Language Skills — a website with thousands of Facebook Fans.  Troy has a new book underway, The Funny Dictionary.