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Author:
Menaker, Daniel, author.
Title:
The African svelte : ingenious misspellings that make surprising sense / Daniel Menaker ; drawings by Roz Chast ; foreword by Billy Collins.
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
xxvii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Subject:
English language--Humor.
English language--Orthography and spelling--Humor.
English language--Humor.
English language--Orthography and spelling--Humor.
Other Authors:
Chast, Roz, illustrator.
Summary:
Inspired by the author's tenure at "The New Yorker," a collection of whimsical, revelatory errors foraged from the wilds of everyday English includes entries ranging from "exit Jesus" and "doggy-dog world" to "for all intensive purposes" and "dairy airs.".
ISBN:
054480063X : HRD
9780544800632 : HRD
LCCN:
bl2016036027
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
VTPD454 -- Cresco Public Library (Cresco)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)
MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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