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Accomodating Brocolli In The Cemetary: or why can't anybody spell? - Hardcover

Cook, Vivian

 
9781861976239: Accomodating Brocolli In The Cemetary: or why can't anybody spell?
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1861976232 ISBN 13: 9781861976239
Verlag: Profile Books, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

'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.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Vivian Cook, author of the bestselling Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary, or Why Can't Anybody Spell, is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University. He has written widely on English, linguistics, and writing, and is a well known speaker in many countries including Chile, Japan, Cuba and Canada.

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Verlag
Profile Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1861976232
ISBN 13 
9781861976239
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
160
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