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English as She is Wrote

Public domain audiobook

English as She is Wrote

by Anonymous

English· 1:23:20· 4 chapters
"...Showing Curious ways in which the English Language may be made to convey Ideas or obscure them." A collection of unintentionally humorous uses of the English language. Sections of the work: How she is wrote by the Inaccurate, By Advertisers and on Sign-boards, For Epitaphs, By Correspondents, By the Effusive, How she can be oddly wrote, and By the Untutored. (Summary by TriciaG)

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Prefatory & the Inaccurate

    13:52
  2. Chapter 2

    Advertisers & Epitaphs

    18:47
  3. Chapter 3

    Correspondents & the Effusive

    28:52
  4. Chapter 4

    'How she can be oddly wrote' & the Untutored

    21:49