Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can’t Anybody Spell

Vivian Cook

176 pages, Hardcover

ISBN: 0743270991

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Language: English

Publish: August 30, 2005

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“It is a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word.” — Andrew Jackson
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.

Difficult Words Spelling Test

Circle whichever one is right.

1. dessicate desiccate desicate

2. ecstasy exstacy ecstacy

3. adress adres address

4. dumbel dumbbell dumbell

5. accomodate accommodate acommodate

6. necesary neccesary necessary

7. liaison liaision liason

8. pronounciation pronounceation pronunciation

9. ocurence occurrence occurence

10. embarass embaras embarrass

11. brocolli broccolli broccoli

12. refering referring refferring

13. cemetery semetary cemetary

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