Category R Humour

R01

2000 words

Charles Grodin. 1992. How I Get Through with Life: A Wise and Witty Guide. New York: William Morrow. p.121--132.

001--183

R02

2008 words

Douglas Adams. 1992. Mostly Harmless. New York: Harmony. p. 24--31.

001--225

ambiguous hyphen: re-thought (134)

R03

2013 words

David Barry. 1992. Dave Barry Does Japan. New York: Random House. p. 43--51.

001--194

ambiguous hyphen: gang-bowed (46)

bus-boy (190)

R04

2003 words

Clyde Edgerton. 1992. In Memory of Junior. A Novel. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books. p. 50--56.

001--217

ambiguous hyphen: store-owner’s (12)

good-looking (193)

R05

2015 words

Arthur Plotnik. 1992. Honk If You're Writer. Unabashed Advice, Undiluted Experience, and Unadulterated Inspiration for Writers and Writers-To-Be. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 160-166.

001--232

ambiguous hyphen: Journalism-trained (65)

<&|>sic!: Write a strings of x’s (93)

R06

2001 words

Lydia Davis. 'The Professor.' Harper's Magazine 284 (1701), February 1992. p. 56--58.

001--171

R07

2001 words

Stephen McCauley. 'The Whole Truth.' Harper's Magazine 285 (1706) July 1992. p. 56--59.

001--182

R08

2001 words

Barbara Hudson. 'Selling Whiskers.' Story 40, Autumn 1992. p. 11--14.

001--205

typographical error: overstufffed corrected to overstuffed (80)

R09

2004 words

Clay Morgan. 1992. Santiago and the Drinking Party. A Novel. New York: Viking. p.132--138.

001--230

ambiguous hyphen: fifty-four (103)