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OK... weirdest thing about the edition (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013, Paperback, 289 pages) of this book I got from my public library... every instance of "eh" was replaced by a greater than symbol (">") from "b>ind" to "befor>and" to "h>-h>" or ">?"... am I missing some joke or did some proofer really mess up?

Rachel That's what I want to know!
I thought at first it was TP trying to suggest a dialect where "eh" turns into more of a glottal stop.
I'm disappointed tha…moreThat's what I want to know!
I thought at first it was TP trying to suggest a dialect where "eh" turns into more of a glottal stop.
I'm disappointed that this could be a computer glitch rather than an odd choice. (less)

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