Righting the Mother Tongue: From Olde English to Email, the Tangled Story of English Spelling by David Wolman

Righting the Mother Tongue: From Olde English to Email, the Tangled Story of English Spelling

David Wolman

211 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
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When did ghost acquire its silent h? Will cyberspace kill the one in rhubarb? And was it really rocket scientists who invented spell-check? David Wolman answers these questions and more in Righting the Mother Tongue. Wolman takes students on the j...

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