Righting the mother tongue : from Olde English to email, the tangled story of English spelling /: from Olde English to email, the tangled story of English spelling. (2009)

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Book
Title:
Righting the mother tongue : from Olde English to email, the tangled story of English spelling /: from Olde English to email, the tangled story of English spelling. (2009)
Main Title:
Righting the mother tongue : from Olde English to email, the tangled story of English spelling
Further Information:
Note: David Wolman.
Other Names:
(Journalist), Wolman, David
Contents:
War of the words -- Crossed -- Regime change -- Page setup -- Valiant exterminators of dialectical vermin -- Outlaw orthography -- A first class man -- Spellraisers -- Of yachts and yetterswippers -- Fixers -- The rubarb on the Internet -- The Portland spelling bee.
Publisher Details:
New York : HarperCollins e-books
Publication Date:
2009
Extent:
1 online resource (224 pages)
Subjects:
421/.52
English language -- Orthography and spelling -- History
English language -- Orthography and spelling
History
Languages:
English
ISBNs:
9780061981975
0061981974
Related ISBNs:
9780061369261
Access Rights:
Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
Access Usage:
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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Physical Locations:
British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.251868
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