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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Crystal, David, 1941-     Subjects     English language -- Orthography and spelling.     English language -- Orthography and spelling -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Crystal, David, 1941-       by title:      Spell it out : the c...       by call number:      421.52 C957s     Search the Web     Crystal, David, 1941-     English language -- Orthography and spelling.     English language -- Orthography and spelling -- History.       MARC Display

Spell it out : the curious, enthralling and extraordinary story of English spelling / David Crystal. by Crystal, David, 1941- St. Martin's Press, 2013. Call #: 421.52 C957s Subjects English language -- Orthography and spelling.   English language -- Orthography and spelling -- History. ISBN:  9781250003478 (hc.) 1250003474 (hc.) Edition:  First U.S. edition. Description:  vii, 328 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm. Notes:  Originally published by London : Profile Books, 2012. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (page [293]) and indexes. Contents:  The nature of the problem : Pooh and his friends on spelling -- The beginning -- The size of the problem -- Building the alphabet : letter origins -- The basic weaknesses : hope for us all -- Keeping things long : more than letters -- Keeping things short : spelling as tragedy -- The first exceptions -- Seeing the link : forensic spelling -- Know your Latin and French : spelling as reputation -- New letters for old -- Old letters in new words : Tarzan learns to read -- Old sounds in new positions : spelling as stratagem -- New sounds in old places -- More exceptions : avoiding the vulgar -- Showing the difference : Charles Dickens and his characters reflect upon spelling -- Noting the similarity : silent letters -- New sounds in old letters -- A printer's practice : Mark Twain on spelling -- The urge to reform : George Bernard Shaw on spelling -- Remembering Latin -- More etymologies : a word I always mispell -- Famous spellings -- Spelling 'rules' : Mrs Malaprop on reading and spelling -- The role of personalities -- Another personality -- Printers and publishers : spelling wars -- Changing practices : Roger McGough on spelling -- The Internet : lower case only -- Showing identity -- Unpredictability : Ogden Nash on names -- Exotic vowels : disenvowelling -- Exotic consonants : the spread of education -- Spelling noises : unspellable noises -- Abbreviating -- Learning the system : George Crabbe on learning -- The future of English spelling. Summary:  Presents 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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Bedford Public Library Adult Nonfiction 421.52 C957s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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