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100 1 _aCrystal, David,
_d1941-
245 1 0 _aSpell it out :
_bthe curious, enthralling, and extraordinary story of English spelling /
_cDavid Crystal.
250 _aFirst U.S. Edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSt. Martin's Press,
_c2013.
300 _avii, 328 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
500 _aPreviously published by London : Profile Books, 2012.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 0 _tThe nature of the problem: Pooh and his friends on spelling --
_tThe beginning --
_tThe size of the problem --
_tBuilding the alphabet: letter origins --
_tThe basic weaknesses: hope for us all --
_tKeeping things long: more than letters --
_tKeeping things short: spelling as tragedy --
_tThe first exceptions --
_tSeeing the link: forensic spelling --
_tKnow your Latin and French: spelling as reputation --
_tNew letters for old --
_tOld letters in new words: Tarzan learns to read --
_tOld sounds in new positions: spelling as stratagem --
_tNew sounds in old places --
_tMore exceptions: avoiding the vulgar --
_tShowing the difference: Charles Dickens and his characters reflect upon spelling --
_tNoting the similarity: silent letters --
_tNew sounds in old letters --
_tA printer's practice: Mark Twain on spelling --
_tThe urge to reform: George Bernard Shaw on spelling --
_tRemembering Latin --
_tMore etymologies: a word I always mispell --
_tFamous spellings --
_tSpelling 'rules': Mrs Malaprop on reading and spelling --
_tThe role of personalities --
_tAnother personality --
_tPrinters and publishers: spelling wars --
_tChanging practices: Roger McGough on spelling --
_tThe internet: lower case only --
_tShowing identity --
_tUnpredictability: Ogden Nash on names --
_tExotic vowels: disenvowelling --
_tExotic consonants: the spread of education --
_tSpelling noises: unspellable noises --
_tAbbreviating --
_tLearning the system: George Crabbe on learning --
_tThe future of English spelling.
_tA teaching appendix:
_tAvoiding isolation ;
_tTowards a linguistics of spelling.
520 _aPresents a history of English spelling through chapters that cover such topics as the introduction of the Roman alphabet, each letter's origins, and the development of long and short vowels.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xOrthography and spelling.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xOrthography and spelling
_xHistory.
650 7 _aEnglish language
_xOrthography and spelling.
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655 7 _aHistory.
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