Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary or why can t anybody spell?

Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary or why can t anybody spell? Book Description

It is a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word U.S. President


Shakespeare, 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.



A

spelling test


is available on the

authors website



.







Not a zero-tolerance guide, but a delightfully eclectic manual that gently guides the reader through the often infuriating vagaries of an evolving language.


Michael Williams,
Independent on Sunday








Cook serves up a pleasantly diverting mish-mash of word-lists, puzzles, historical digressions and Private Eye-style howlers as a browsable treat for self or others, it will fit that stocking-shaped gap in the gift market very neatly.


Boyd Tonkin










About The Author












Vivian Cook help foreign learners of English grapple with the peculiarities of the language. He is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the



University


of

Newcastle



and has written books on many areas of English.

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