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

Vivian Cook

ISBN 10: 1861977212 / ISBN 13: 9781861977212

Verlag: Profile Books Ltd, 2005

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Accomodating Brocolli In The Cemetary: or why can't anybody spell?
• Verlag: Profile Books Ltd
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1861977212
• ISBN-13: 9781861977212
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: Bon

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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.

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.