Cover of The American way of spelling

The American way of spelling

by Richard L. Venezky

1999 288 pages eng

"Can ghoti really be pronounced fish? Why is <o> short in glove and love, but long in rove and cove? Why do English words carry such extra baggage as the silent <b> in doubt and the silent <k> in knee? Addressing these and many other questions about letters and the sounds they make, this volume prov…

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