Spell It Out
- Authors
- Crystal, David
- Publisher
- Profile Books(GB)
- Tags
- history , writing
- ISBN
- 9781846685675
- Date
- 2012-09-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 2.97 MB
- Lang
- en
75 percent of English spelling is regular but 25 percent is complicated, and in 'Spell It Out' David Crystal extends a helping hand to the confused and curious alike. He unearths the stories behind the rogue words that confound us, and explains why these peculiarities entered the mainstream.