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Lifetime: 1870 - 1946 Passed: ≈ 78 years ago

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Gerald Nolst Trenité

Books by Gerald Nolst Trenité

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Chaos

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"The Chaos" is a poem which demonstrates the irregularity of English spelling and pronunciation, written by Gerard Nolst Trenité (1870-1946), also known under the pseudonym Charivarius. It first appeared in an appendix to the author's 1920 textbook D...