Spell It Out: The singular story of English spelling by David Crystal, David Crystal
Spell It Out: The singular story of English spelling

David Crystal, David Crystal

Spell It Out: The singular story of English spelling

David Crystal, David Crystal

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Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to without a dictionary or style guide to hand in fifteenth century Bruges, the typesetters simply spelled it the way it sounded to their fo...

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