The African Svelte: Ingenious Misspellings That Make

The African Svelte: Ingenious Misspellings That Make Surprising Sense

Inspired by his tenure at TheÂ New Yorker, this collection of comical, revelatory errors foraged from the wilds of everyday English comes with commentary by the author, illustrations by Roz Chast, and a foreword from Billy Collins.

During his time at TheÂ New Yorker, Daniel Menaker happened across a superb spelling mistake: â€œThe zebras were grazing on the African svelte." Fascinated by the idea of unintentionally meaningful spelling errors, he began to see that these gaffesâ€”neither typos nor auto-correctsâ€”are sometimes more interesting than their straight-laced counterparts. Through examples he has collected over the course of his decades-long career as an editor and writer, he brings us to a new understanding of language--how it's used, what it means, and what fun it can be.Â Â
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Illustrated by the inimitable Roz Chast, with a foreword from former poet laureate Billy Collins, The African Svelte offers thoughtful and intelligent exit Jesus. Menaker glances atÂ familiar fumbles like "for all intensive purposes" and "doggy-dog world," but readers delighted by language will find themselves turning the pages with baited breath to discover fresh howlers that have them laughing off their dairy airs.Â
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Country USA
Manufacturer Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-06-01
Format Kindle eBook

The African Svelte: Ingenious Misspellings That Make Surprising Sense