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The African svelte : ingenious misspellings that make surprising sense / Author: Menaker, Daniel, Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Date: 2016.   This title can be found in 10 Iowa libraries.
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It's been said before : a guide to the use and abuse of cliches / Author: Hargraves, Orin, Publisher: New York Oxford University Press, Date: 2016.   This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
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English is not easy : a visual guide to the language / Author: Gutiérrez, Luci, Publisher: New York, New York : Gotham Books, Date: [2015]   This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
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Spinglish : the definitive dictionary of deliberately deceptive language / Author: Beard, Henry, Publisher: New York : Blue Rider Press, Date: [2015]   This title can be found in 3 Iowa libraries.
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It's been said before : a guide to the use and abuse of clichés / Author: Hargraves, Orin, Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, Date: [2014]   This title can be found in 2 Iowa libraries.
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101 two-letter words / Author: Merritt, Stephin, Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Date: [2014]   This title can be found in 4 Iowa libraries.
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Wretched writing : a compendium of crimes against the English language / Author: Petras, Ross. Publisher: New York, New York : A Perigee book, published by the Penguin Group, Date: 2013.   This title can be found in 6 Iowa libraries.
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The snark handbook : morning sickness, potty training, rebellious teen, and other joys / Author: Dorfman, Lawrence. Publisher: New York : Skyhorse, Date: 2013.   This title can be found in 2 Iowa libraries.
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The snark handbook : cliches edition : overused buzzwords, hackneyed phrases, and other misuses of the English language / Author: Dorfman, Lawrence. Publisher: New York : Skyhorse Pub., Date: 2012.   This title can be found in 2 Iowa libraries.
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Chutnefying English : the phenomenon of Hinglish / Publisher: New Delhi ; Penguin Books, Date: 2011.   This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
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Recreation and style : translating humorous literature in Italian and English / Publisher: Amsterdam ; John Benjamins Pub. Co., Date: 2011.   This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
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The devil's dictionary, tales, & memoirs / Author: Bierce, Ambrose, Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Library of America : Date: c2011.   This title can be found in 14 Iowa libraries.
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The pun also rises : how the humble pun revolutionized language, changed history, and made wordplay more than some antics / Author: Pollack, John. Publisher: New York : Gotham Books, Date: c2011.   This title can be found in 13 Iowa libraries.
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Alphabetter juice : or, the joy of text / Author: Blount, Roy. Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Date: 2011.   This title can be found in 11 Iowa libraries.
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My mom is a fob : earnest advice in broken English from your Asian-American mom / Author: Wu, Teresa. Publisher: New York : Perigee, Date: 2011.   This title can be found in 2 Iowa libraries.
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Fry's English delight. Volumes 1 & 2 Format: [sound recording]. Author: Fry, Stephen, Publisher: North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, Date: [2010], p2009, 2010.   This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
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Alphabet juice : the energies, gists, and spirits of letters, words, and combinations thereof : their roots, bones, innards, piths, pips, and secret parts, tinctures, tonics, and essences : with examples of their usage foul and savory / Author: Blount, Roy. Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Date: 2009, c2008.   This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
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The glorious nosebleed : fifth alphabet / Author: Gorey, Edward, Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury, Date: 2009.   This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
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Alphabet juice : the energies, gists, and spirits of letters, words, and combinations thereof, their roots, bones, innards, piths, pips, and secret parts, tinctures, tonics, and essences, with examples of their usage foul and savory / Author: Blount, Roy. Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Date: 2008.   This title can be found in 15 Iowa libraries.
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Grammar snobs are great big meanies a guide to language for fun & spite / Format: [sound recording] : Author: Casagrande, June. Publisher: [New York?] : Tantor Media, Date: p2006.   This title can be found in 2 Iowa libraries.

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