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008 161122s2016 maua 000 0 eng
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100 1 _aMenaker, Daniel,
_eauthor.
_9317736
245 1 4 _aThe African Svelte :
_bingenious misspellings that make surprising sense /
_cDaniel Menaker ; illustrations by Roz Chast ; foreword by Billy Collins.
263 _a1610
264 1 _aBoston :
_bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,
_c[2016]
300 _a225 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c19 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
520 _aInspired 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."
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xOrthography and spelling
_vHumor.
_9317737
650 0 _aSpelling errors
_vHumor.
_9317738
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