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Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary, or, Why Can't Anybody Spell?

Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary, or, Why Can't Anybody Spell?

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Publisher's Synopsis

'It is a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word - U.S. PresidentShakespeare, Shake-speare, Shakspeare, Shaxberd, Shakespere, Shak-speare, Shaskpear, Shakspere, Shaksper, Schaksp., Shakespear, Shakespheare'My spelling is Wobbly' - Winnie-the-Pooh This delightful, quick-footed book celebrates the English language by exploring the rich treasure house of spelling in all its variety - setting tests and proposing rules, with illuminating quotations and tantalising lists Headrillaz and Misteeq; Naming Pop Groups; miniscule parallels; non-letters; the three-letter rule; Faeder ure pup e eart on heofunum; UK number plates; HipHop spelling; East Anglian place-names; the E-cancellation spelling test - these are just some of the intriguing subjects presented in this must-have, must-give little book.

Book information

ISBN: 9781861976239
Publisher: Profile
Imprint: Profile Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 428.13
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 152
Weight: 215g
Height: 180mm
Width: 118mm
Spine width: 18mm