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008			130408s2013 nyua b 001 0 eng
010			_a2013010521
020			_a9781250003478 _q((hardback)ardback)
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050	0	0	_aPE1141 _b.S645 2013
100	1		_aCrystal, David, _d1941- _e1
245	1	0	_aSpell it out : _bthe curious, enthralling, and extraordinary story of English spelling / _cDavid Crystal.
250			_afirst U.S. edition.
260			_aNew York, New York : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c(c)2013.
300			_avii, 328 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aPreviously published by London : Profile Books, 2012.
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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	0		_aWith The Story of English in 100 Words, David Crystal took us on a tour through the history of our language. Now, with Spell It Out, he takes on the task of answering all the questions about how we spell: "Why is English spelling so difficult?" Or "Why are good spellers so proud of their achievement that when they see a misspelling they condemn the writer as sloppy, lazy, or uneducated?" In thirty-seven short, engaging and informative chapters, Crystal takes readers on a history of English spelling, starting with the Roman missionaries' sixth century introduction of the Roman alphabet and ending with where the language might be going. He looks individually at each letter in the alphabet and its origins. He considers the question of vowels and how people developed a way to tell whether or not it was long or short. He looks at influences from other cultures, and explains how English speakers understood that the "o" in "hopping" was a short vowel, rather than the long vowel of "hoping". If you've ever asked yourself questions like "Why do the words "their", "there" and "they're" sound alike, but mean very different things?" or "How can we tell the difference between "charge" the verb and "charge" the noun?" David Crystal's Spell It Out will spell it all out for you. _c1 _uhttps://www.amazon.com/Spell-Out-Enthralling-Extraordinary-Spelling-ebook/dp/B00B22ASRU/ref=sr_1_1?crid=IB124L9JK5DG&keywords=9781250003478&qid=1681237838&sprefix=9780132248846%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-1
530			_a2 _uhttps://ciu.libwizard.com/f/copyright-requests
650		0	_aEnglish language _xOrthography and spelling.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xOrthography and spelling _xHistory.
942			_n0 _QCC _c1 _hPE _m2013 _dCynthia Snell
948			_hHELD BY SBI - 952 OTHER HOLDINGS
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell