diff --git a/CONTRIBUTERS b/CONTRIBUTORS
similarity index 67%
rename from CONTRIBUTERS
rename to CONTRIBUTORS
index 27f9ec5..21ef6ae 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTERS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 - brennerm <xam.rennerb@gmail.com>
 - agumonkey
+- obeleh
+- Prooffreader
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 64c68f6..494012e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ Creating a knowledge base of unpopular Python built-in features to save a lot of
 ## Contribute
 Feel free to use the PyTrickBase.txt as a starting point.
 
-1. Pull request
-Send a pull request with your PyTrick, containing example code and a documentation one-liner. Be sure to add yourself to the contributers.
+1. Pull request:
 
-2. Issue comment
-Add your Python snippet and your documentation as a comment on Issue#1. I will take care of adding your PyTrick and you as a contributer.
+   Send a pull request with your PyTrick, containing example code and a documentation one-liner. Be sure to add yourself to the contributors.
+
+2. Issue comment:
+
+   Add your Python snippet and your documentation as a comment on Issue#1. I will take care of adding your PyTrick and you as a contributor.
diff --git a/concatenatestrings.py b/concatenatestrings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fac8d55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/concatenatestrings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+"""Concatenate long strings elegantly 
+across line breaks in code"""
+
+my_long_text = ("We are no longer the knights who say Ni! "
+                "We are now the knights who say ekki-ekki-"
+                "ekki-p'tang-zoom-boing-z'nourrwringmm!")
diff --git a/copylist.py b/copylist.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..031048a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/copylist.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+"""a fast way to copy a list"""
+
+a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+print(a[:])
diff --git a/dictswapkeysvalues.py b/dictswapkeysvalues.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73d2e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dictswapkeysvalues.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+"""Swaps keys and values in a dict"""
+
+_dict = {"one": 1, "two": 2}
+# make sure all of dict's values are unique
+assert len(_dict) == len(set(_dict.values()))
+reversed_dict = {v: k for k, v in _dict.items()}
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diff --git a/loopoverlappingdicts.py b/loopoverlappingdicts.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ec9d93c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/loopoverlappingdicts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+"""loop over dicts that share (some) keys"""
+
+dctA = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
+dctB = {'b': 4, 'c': 5, 'd': 6}
+
+for ky in set(dctA) & set(dctB):
+    print(ky)
diff --git a/namedformatting.py b/namedformatting.py
index 7924089..cc71077 100755
--- a/namedformatting.py
+++ b/namedformatting.py
@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@
 """easy string formatting using dicts"""
 
 d = {'name': 'Jeff', 'age': 24}
-print("My name is %(name)s and I'm %(age)i years old." % d)
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+print("My name is %(name)s and I'm %(age)i years old." % d)
+
+"""for .format, use this method"""
+
+d = {'name': 'Jeff', 'age': 24}
+print("My name is {name} and I'm {age} years old.".format(**d))