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The Vicar of Nibbleswicke - Roald Dahl


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The Vicar of Nibbleswicke - Roald Dahl

 
Description: ISBN 0140348913 / Genre: Junior Books / Author: Roald Dahl / Edition: New edition / Paperback / 48 Pages / Book is published 1992-09-03 ... more
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke - Roald Dahl ... by Puffin Books

Newest Review: ... written in reverse, for example, he might say "dog" instead of "God", and this gives rise to increasingly ... more

 ... funny situations. The clergyman is newly arrived in Nibbleswicke and it seems the stress of his new position has awoken this condition. Sometimes everyday words when reversed can confer on a simple sentence a new and even rude meaning, and these are especially hilarious when spoken innocently by a man of the cloth. His parishioners experience both alarm and bemusement at his condition, and yet they begin to warm to his eccentricity. It is the local doctor who recognises his condition and suggests a cure which th...more

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Premium Review The Vicar of Nibbleswicke - Roald Dahl: A tale of Back-to-Front Dyslexia (490 words)
by - written on 10/09/08 (Very useful, 354 readings)
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If you have ever witnessed someone unconsciously utter a Spoonerism (for example, "I hit my bunny phone" instead of "I hit my funny bone", or "pit nicking" instead of "nit picking") and smiled at the puzzlement or amusement of those around, then you will chuckle (and sometimes even laugh out load) at this comic tale from children's writer Roald Dahl. ~ Outline ~ The story is about the Reverend Lee. However, this young vicar's problem is not Spoonerisms exactly. Instead he suffers from a very special form of verbal dyslexia, which causes him to unknowingly speak some words as if they had been written in ...  Read the complete review

 

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