Laughing Matters [antikvár]

Thanks and acknowledgmentsThere are far more people I ought to thank than I can identify: hundreds of colleagues who attended my lectures and workshop sessions in many countries, as well as my own students at the Centre for English Teacher Training at Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary.I owe special thanks to the following persons for lending me 'funny stuff: Ildiko Arva, Laszlo Asboth, Aniko Bognar, George Bognar, Donard Britten, Istvan Diveky, Peter Doherty, Agnes Enyedi, Peter Fray, David A. Hill, György Horlai, Ilona Hudak, Eva Illes, Anna Kellner, Laszlo Kellner, Linda Kellner, Zsolt Király, András Kolozsi, Caroline Laidlaw, James Leavey, Katalin Lorincz, Pal Makadi, Gabi Matei, Katalin Miklosy, Adam Nadasdy, Mariann Nikolov, Rob Nolasco, Luke Prodromou, Judit Revesz, Keith Ricketts, Mario Rinvolucri, Christopher Ryan and Miklos Sebestyen.My greatest supplier of humorous material was Ken Wilson. I wish I had been able to include even more of Gabor Salamon's bizarre ideas. Eva Gal did the tedious job of photocopying in good humour. Reka Medgyes was a caring critic of my pilot versions. And Valeria Arva gave me all the love and attention I desperately needed.The first person I had mentioned the idea of Laughing Matters to was Penny Ur, as we were sitting next to each other on a never-ending bus ride in Recife, Brazil. She liked the idea then - I hope she still does. To be sure, her editorial guidance was much needed and heeded throughout the project.n.Vt;The author and publishers are grateful to the authors, publishers and others who have given permission for the use of copyright material identified in the text. It has not been possible to identify the sources of all the material used and in such cases the pubUshers would welcome information from copyright owners.pp. 18, 131 and 139 Cartoons from virww.CartoonStock.com; pp. 22, 76 and 77 IPF Könyvek; p. 23 By kind permission of John Agard do Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency, 'Once Upon a Time' from The Penguin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry published by Penguin (1998); p. 32 Game from A-Z of Word Games by Tony Augarde, OUP; p. 53vn