Righting thе Mothеr Tonguе: From Oldе English to Emаil, thе Tаnglеd Story of English Spеlling
Publisher: Сollins
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2008-10-01
List price: $24.95
Righting the Mother Tongue tells the cockamamie story of English spelling. When did ghost acquire its silent ’h’? Will cyberspace kill the one in rhubarb? And was it really rocket scientists who invented spell-check? Seeking to untangle the twisted story of English spelling, David Wolman takes us on a wordly adventure from English battlefields to Google headquarters. Along the way, he pickets with spelling reformers outside the national spelling bee, visits the town in Belgium, not England, where the first English books were printed, and takes a road-trip with the boss at Merriam-...