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Gleb Hlebov:

GH> Here's a pop quiz for all writers (courtesy, "Crazy
GH> English" by, Richard Lederer, Pocket Books, 1989):
GH> [...]

Those are easy for anyone acquainted with the standard
Latin prefixes, suffixes, and /some/ roots widely used in
English.  Much more amusing in my opinion are Unca Marvy's
articles, e.g.:

   https://www.uncamarvy.com/OtherNeatStuff/Essays/04KlangKlang.html
   https://www.uncamarvy.com/OtherNeatStuff/Essays/03Sesquipedal
aAndOtherDelights.html

and the lenendary short story "How I met my wife":

   https://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/humor/how-i-met-my-wife.html

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