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Help with Listopias > [DONE] Remove non-qualifying book please

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Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* (marcthedarc) | 149 comments List: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Book to remove: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... Down with Skool! currently in position 2 on the list.

This book's title is intentionally misspelled. The list is not for those.

Thanks!


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Cherie | 842 comments Hi! Is there a source confirming the title is intentionally misspelled?


Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* (marcthedarc) | 149 comments It’s a classic satire and comedic book. The misspelling is performed by the fictional narrator. If it were in error it would not have been printed in countless editions over decades.

Here is the wikipedia entry about the narrator:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_M...#

‘throughout all the books, as many words are rendered phonetically, including the names of those Molesworth knows. Grimes' name is one of the very few he spells correctly, but he always writes it in all capital letters to signify his fear of him. Regardless, many fans find this feature endearing. The phrase "as any fule kno", appended to many of Nigel's pronouncements, has achieved fame beyond its author and can sometimes be seen in the mainstream British press (usually in a satirical context; the phrase often appears in Private Eye)’


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Cherie | 842 comments Done!


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