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- Title: Righting the Mother Tongue
- Author : David Wolman
- Release Date : January 06, 2009
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,Reference,Foreign Languages,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1075 KB
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“A funny and fact-filled look at our astoundingly inconsistent written language, from Shakespeare to spell-check.”
—St. Petersburg Times
David Wolman explores seven hundred years of trial, error, and reform that have made the history of English spelling a jumbled and fascinating mess. In Righting the Mother Tongue, the author of A Left-Hand Turn Around the World brings us the tangled story of English Spelling, from Olde English to email. Utterly captivating, deliciously edifying, and extremely witty, Righting the Mother Tongue is a treat for the language lover—a book that belongs in every personal library, right next to Eats, Shoots, and Leaves, and the works of Bill Bryson and Simon Winchester.