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   Anton Shepelev to Gleb Hlebov   
   Crazy English   
   29 Nov 23 11:30:40   
   
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   Gleb Hlebov:   
      
   GH> Here's a pop quiz for all writers (courtesy, "Crazy   
   GH> English" by, Richard Lederer, Pocket Books, 1989):   
   GH> [...]   
      
   Those are easy for anyone acquainted with the standard   
   Latin prefixes, suffixes, and /some/ roots widely used in   
   English.  Much more amusing in my opinion are Unca Marvy's   
   articles, e.g.:   
      
      https://www.uncamarvy.com/OtherNeatStuff/Essays/04KlangKlang.html   
      https://www.uncamarvy.com/OtherNeatStuff/Essays/03Sesquipedal   
   aAndOtherDelights.html   
      
   and the lenendary short story "How I met my wife":   
      
      https://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/humor/how-i-met-my-wife.html   
      
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