Portmanteaus and More: Let's Have Some Fun with English

Charlotte Smith

mar 2023 · Archway Publishing

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I think this book will be fun and interesting for you. Portmanteaus like smog and Bennifer are a very current craze. Palindromes are words, phrases, sentences, numbers, and dates that read the same forwards and backwards. One chapter is devoted to how many of our last names came about.

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Charlotte Smith is a retired teacher of high school mathematics, English, and library science. She has a BS in math and an MEd. Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, she has lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, since 2005. She uses a casual writing style with a sense of humor and an intent to educate whenever possible. Most of her books have been written to help English as a Second Language learners. They include Homophones: Words That Sound Alike; Confusing Words, Including Heteronyms; Homonyms: Multiple-Meaning Words; a children’s picture book entitled Billy the Bully Goat Learns a Lesson. Future books include Compound Words and Roots and Affixes.