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Author Wolman, David.

Title Righting the mother tongue : from Olde English to email, the tangled story of English spelling / David Wolman.

Publication Info. New York : Smithsonian Books/Collins, [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  421 WOL    DUE 05-06-24
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  421.52 WOLMAN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  421.52 WO    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 211 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-206) and index.
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.
Subject English language -- Orthography and spelling -- History.
ISBN 9780061369254
006136925X
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