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Smellephant spelling: 'elepharts' in b11 vs 'elephants' in b03 and al1

x_p5_175 variant

In b11, the comparison creature is printed as 'elepharts' ('they are better at smelling than elepharts'), while b03 and al1 both print the standard form 'elephants' in the equivalent phrase.

books Book 3 Book 11 Almanac (al1)
subjects Smellephant

Evidence

b03 form: 'elephants'
they are better at smelling than elephants, because they can have up to 7 trunks.
b03:c99:p199
al1 form: 'elephants'
they smell better than elephants, because they can have up to 7 trunks.
al1:c01:p278
b11 form: 'elepharts' (divergent spelling)
they are better at smelling than elepharts, because they can have up to 7 trunks.
b11:c99:p344
citations b03:c99:p199 al1:c01:p278 b11:c99:p344
extraction note Could be a deliberate in-world joke or a print error; reported as a variant since the printed forms differ in letters.