The African svelte : ingenious misspellings that make surprising sense /
Menaker, Daniel
The African svelte : ingenious misspellings that make surprising sense / Daniel Meneker - New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, c2016 - 225 pages : illustrations ; 19cm.
' Inspired 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." These misunderstandings are illustrative of the linguistic errors known as mondegreens and eggcorns. ''
9780544800632
ENGLISH LANGUAGE--ORTHOGRAPHY AND SPELIING--HUMOR.
SPELLING ERRORS--HUMOR
GC PN 6231 .M46 2016
The African svelte : ingenious misspellings that make surprising sense / Daniel Meneker - New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, c2016 - 225 pages : illustrations ; 19cm.
' Inspired 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." These misunderstandings are illustrative of the linguistic errors known as mondegreens and eggcorns. ''
9780544800632
ENGLISH LANGUAGE--ORTHOGRAPHY AND SPELIING--HUMOR.
SPELLING ERRORS--HUMOR
GC PN 6231 .M46 2016
