Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell? - Tapa dura

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 168 pages; Physical desc. : viii, 168 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm. "Originally published in Great Britain in 2004 by Profile Books". Includes bibliographical references (p. 166) and index. Subject: English language --Orthography and spelling --Problems, exercises, etc. Summary: Weird or wierd? Necessary or neccessary? Recomend or recommend? English spelling is fiendish, but that doesn't mean you can't have fun with it. Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary is at once a celebration of spelling and a solace to anyone who has ever struggled with the arcane rules of the English language. As amusing as he is informative, Vivian Cook thrills the reader with more than a hundred entries, from photographs of hilariously misspelled signs to quizzes best taken in private to schadenfreude-rich examples of spelling errors of literary greats that will tickle the inner spelling geek in every reader. It all adds up to a gem of a book that takes a wry look at the hodgepodge evolution of spelling and the eccentric way it actually works.